Ford Motor Company

HIL Development Engineer

Ford Motor Company

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: DearbornMissouriUnited States

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Salary

💰 $99,600 - $133,100 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Innovate new virtual simulation solutions on HIL platforms to support research and development of advanced automotive control systems.
  • Research and implement new process, methods and tools to increase the capability, automation, and efficiency of software simulation, build and test initiatives.
  • Design and implement Python and Matlab based tools to automate the creation of dSPACE Scalexio HIL models.
  • Work closely with the simulation development team to increase the efficiency of the HIL model build pipeline.
  • Work closely with control system developers to create HIL test plans, validate operation of Control System software and hardware on HIL, process and analyze test data, and create test reports.
  • Design, implement, validate, and document Matlab/Simulink models for interfacing to HIL system hardware and communication networks.
  • Design, build, validate, and document HIL I/O circuits and wiring harnesses to interface HIL simulator to electronic control units and subsystem sensors and actuators.
  • Design, implement, validate, and document test scripts, test automation, and user interfaces for HIL system.
  • Maintain HIL system operation with updates to interface models, system hardware, user interfaces, and test automation as required.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Computer Engineering is required.
  • 3+ years’ experience developing hardware in the loop systems for testing embedded control systems is required
  • 3+ years’ experience developing or testing automotive electronic control systems is required
  • Proficiency in Matlab/Simulink modeling and simulation of plant and control systems is required
  • Demonstrated effective communication, documentation, and interpersonal skills in a team environment is required
  • Demonstrated ability to manage and balance multiple tasks and timelines is required.
Benefits
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonMatlabSimulinkHIL systemstest automationmodelingsimulationtest scriptsdata analysiscircuit design
Soft Skills
communicationdocumentationinterpersonal skillsteam collaborationtask managementtime management
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Mechanical EngineeringBachelor’s Degree in Computer Engineering