Senior HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Engineer

About the role

The Electrification Solutions New Markets (ESNM) organization within Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) has an opening for a Senior HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Engineer. ESNM operates as a start-up within VMEC, focusing on delivering battery-management solutions for non-automotive applications and unique automotive products.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with system engineering, software development, calibration, testing and validation stakeholders to identify solutions to customer needs.
• Lead planning and execution of work in consultation with test environment customers, technical leaders and management as necessary to support program imperatives.
• Engage with cross-functional team members (within and outside of the immediate agile scrum team) to coordinate on-time delivery to meet requirements.
• Create and maintain simulation models (such as Plant, sensors and actuators, serial data communication and controller models) for creating HIL Test Environments.
• Evaluate, parametrize, and tune the test environment based on system requirements and calibrations.
• Close partnership with test environment users to root cause and address unexpected test results and resolve issues encountered during test execution.
• Provide technical support for test environment user activities.
• Plan, communicate, and coordinate test environment strategy and model/hardware rollout to support applications and features requested by user community as needed.
• Aid initiatives to benchmark and adopt next-generation simulation technology and tools.
• Perform test environment correlation activities based on experimental data.
• Support HIL bench and controller testing (including automated tools).
• Create, maintain, and improve standard architectures.
• Work closely with sources of models and equipment to make sure that common models and other simulation assets are shared between test environment domains and architectures.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Computer preferred)
• Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on simulation and testing of electronic control modules.
• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink in context of plant model development and integration and basic usage of additional tools for real time simulation.
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics or high-voltage battery systems and controls (e.g., braking systems, battery charging, engines, electric motors).
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira.
• Experience with automation tools, including Jenkins.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and/or C/C++.
• Understanding of automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SPI).
• Understanding of software version control systems (e.g., Git, Bitbucket).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Computer preferred)
• 10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
• 5+ years of engineering experience focused on software or control system simulation and testing.
• Knowledge and 1-5 years of experience developing microprocessor-based, real-time control algorithms and software in high level (Python, C/C++) language.
• Familiarity of additional simulation tools (e.g. GT Suite, CarSim, Amesim, etc.).
• Familiarity with embedded controls software and the automated software build processes, including gcc compiler, gdb debugger, Eclipse, and ETAS INCA measurement and calibration tools.
• Experience with commonly used HIL bench tools, such as ETAS INCA, Lauterbach, CAN (CANalyzer or Vehicle Spy), software code generation, Python, etc.
• Demonstrated leadership and success in software-in-the-loop (SIL) or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) methodology development & deployment.
• Familiarity with synchronous and asynchronous event driven simulation methodologies (High performance co-simulation).
• Experience successfully leading large and/or difficult projects with high levels of ambiguity.
• Experience with development of advanced technology.
• Experience with software integration verification and validation.
• Experience as a Controls, Software, or Calibration Engineer.
• Experience executing production vehicle programs, in any role.
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile or AgileDFSS Black Belt.

Skills

• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink in context of plant model development and integration and basic usage of additional tools for real time simulation.
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics or high-voltage battery systems and controls (e.g., braking systems, battery charging, engines, electric motors).
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira.
• Experience with automation tools, including Jenkins.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and/or C/C++.
• Understanding of automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SPI).
• Understanding of software version control systems (e.g., Git, Bitbucket).
• Experience with commonly used HIL bench tools, such as ETAS INCA, Lauterbach, CAN (CANalyzer or Vehicle Spy), software code generation, Python, etc.
• Familiarity with synchronous and asynchronous event driven simulation methodologies (High performance co-simulation).
• Experience successfully leading large and/or difficult projects with high levels of ambiguity.
• Experience with development of advanced technology.
• Experience with software integration verification and validation.
• Experience as a Controls, Software, or Calibration Engineer.
• Experience executing production vehicle programs, in any role.
• Familiarity with Scaled Agile or AgileDFSS Black Belt.

Benefits

This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the selected candidate is expected to report to a specific location at least 3 times a week {or other frequency dictated by their manager}. This job is not eligible for relocation benefits. Any relocation costs would be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

Pay

Competitive compensation package.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule.