HIL Platform Scalability Engineer

About the role

We are building a new team focused on developing the first generation of verification and validation infrastructure (hardware and software), including automated Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) with emulation of sensors, and vehicle systems. As a HIL Platform Scalability Engineer, you’ll ensure that our HIL systems scale reliably across different benches, programs and geographic locations.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement observability systems to monitor health, uptime, and utilization of HIL benches across multiple sites
• Build tools and workflows to reduce bench downtime, increase availability and minimize operational overhead
• Manage HIL systems including all the underlying infrastructure, ensuring it’s reliable, scalable and secure
• Develop automation for bench configuration, track changes, and maintain configuration/version control
• Ensure seamless integration of HIL systems into test automation, CI pipelines, and scheduling framework
• Work with other HIL engineers to triage and troubleshoot hardware/software issues affecting HIL stability
• Define HIL operational level agreement, and drive continuous improvements to scale bench operations efficiently
• Implement access control systems and remote control/interaction infrastructure in collaboration with IT and security teams
• Collaborate with the wider HIL team to innovate HIL test system as a service

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, Systems Engineering or a related field
• 2+ years of experience working with test infrastructure, e.g., HIL, or hardware/software test environments
• Proficiency with observability/monitoring tools, e.g., Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, etc
• Strong scripting and automation experience using Python, Bash, or similar scripting languages
• Proficiency with Linux or Unix based operating systems, command line tool
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, test scheduling systems, and orchestration tools
• Excellent problem solving skills and operational thinking
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Desirable Skills

• Experience in platform operations, site reliability engineering(SRE), or scaling test infrastructure
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools, such as Ansible, Chef, Terraform
• Familiarity with containerization orchestration engines(e.g., Kubernetes) and proven understanding of continuous development techniques and pipelines (CI/CD, Git)
• Experience working with autonomous systems including robotics and/or autonomous vehicles
• Familiarity with automotive software development requirements and standards, such as ASPICE ,ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 (SOTIF) , with automotive HIL SW and HW products e.g. from Vector and dSPACE and with automotive SW architecture such as AUTOSAR

Pay

The reasonably estimated salary for this role ranges from $137,300 to $207,300, plus a competitive equity package. Actual compensation is based on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience.

Schedule

This is a full-time role based in our office in Sunnyvale, CA (hybrid).