Stop position controller for engine

A stop position controller provided for an engine including a plurality of cylinders a plurality of intake ports, each of which communicates with a respective one of the cylinders;

• a plurality of intake valves, each of which opens and closes a respective one of the intake ports;
• a plurality of injectors that supply fuel to a respective one of the cylinders;
• a piston that is provided in each of the cylinders in a reciprocal manner;
• a crankshaft that rotates in an interlocking manner with reciprocating motion of the piston;
• and a motor capable of forcibly starting the engine by causing the crankshaft to rotate, the stop position controller comprising:
• an intake variable valve timing mechanism (VVT) that collectively changes an intake valve close timing as a close timing of the plurality of intake valves;
• and
• a control device that controls the engine including the injectors and the intake VVT, wherein
• when a specified engine stop condition is satisfied, the control device performs a fuel cut to stop a fuel supply into the cylinders by the injectors and, after the fuel cut, controls the intake VVT such that a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time compression stroke cylinder, which is the cylinder stopped in a compression stroke, from intake bottom dead center is larger than a retarded amount of the intake valve close timing immediately before a stop of a stop-time expansion stroke cylinder, which is the cylinder stopped in an expansion stroke, from the intake bottom dead center.