
HIL Development Engineer
Ford Motor Company
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Dearborn • Missouri • United 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