HiL Test Engineer – HV/EV Platform

Ford Motor Company

HiL Test Engineer leading HV feature validation efforts for electric vehicles at Ford. Develop test solutions and ensure high voltage feature testing meets quality standards.

Posted 6/9/2026full-timeDearborn • Missouri • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $115,000 - $160,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JenkinsPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Responsible for developing and bringing up HV/EV test solutions in order to perform end-to-end feature validation.
Responsible for new feature bring-up and system test validation of software components related to **HV/EV, Diagnostics, and Platform testing**.
Responsible for performing **GAP analysis**, developing new test cases based on **ASTQB test methodologies**, automating those test cases, and executing test cases to perform software validation across ECUs, focusing on **HV/EV at the system level on HIL**.
Responsible for performing system architecture and the related validation tests on components.
Responsible for **test plan creation, test execution, test report review, and feature validation tests** while ensuring traceability to functional and performance requirements.
Facilitate and align with cross-functional technical teams such as **functional safety, feature teams **at the system level.
Responsible for performing testing on **closed-loop test benches** and creating bench-level test cases using **ECUTest / CAPL / Python** to increase efficiency and test repeatability, contributing directly to reduced cost and improved final product quality.
Maintain test case traceability against system-level feature requirements throughout the product development life cycle.
Align and support **SAFe** processes and activities within functional areas such as **System, Hardware, and Safety**.
Responsible for diagnostic testing, feature-related fault injection testing, and developing and executing test cases to ensure system and feature integrity.
Be responsible for test diagnostics and **UDS protocol** and fault testing; define and execute software and hardware diagnostics test cases.
Investigate root causes of component- or system-level DUT failure.
Implement automated diagnostics testing (**UDS / DoIP / K-Line**), **DTC validation**, and DTC suppression/unmasking strategies where required.
Responsible for creating roads and scenarios in **dSPACE MotionDesk / ModelDesk / Aurelion**, creating **ControlDesk layouts** for feature testing, and developing test automation in **Python / ECUTest** or equivalent HIL tools.
Author and maintain test cases, test data, and test artifacts (logs, traces, TestRail/Test Management entries) and ensure they are archived to artifact stores such as **JFrog**.
Integrate test executions into **CI/CD pipelines** such as **Jenkins** and **GitLab CI**, and automated job scheduling systems such as **CT/Jira** or equivalent.
Analyze test failures, perform root-cause investigations across software, hardware, and network topology, and coordinate fixes with software, hardware, and supplier teams.
Define and validate bench-level network topologies, bus routing, and power modes required for reproducible testing.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to increase automation coverage and reduce redundant testing.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in **HV HiL, test bench integration, or power electronics**, with hands-on exposure to **end-to-end HV feature test bench bring-up**.
Hands-on experience with **HV HIL systems** and test tools such as **ECUTest**, **CANoe**, or similar platforms.
Strong knowledge of automotive communication protocols, including **CAN (11/29 bit), LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, UDS, and DoIP**, along with diagnostic tooling.
Strong hands-on experience with **HV hardware, instrumentation, battery emulators, charger emulators, AC/DC load banks**, and bench automation.
Proficiency with **Python scripting** to automate test case execution, monitor vehicle-level data, and support KPI testing.
Experience debugging, testing, and bringing up **complex hardware/software systems**.
Experience developing and executing validation test plans to cover multiple system configurations.
Experience in planning and executing **system-level feature testing** across ECUs on HIL.
Experience with **test management and reporting tools** such as **TestRail** and **Jira**, and log analysis tools such as **CANalyzer** and Vector tools.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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

HV/EV testingGAP analysisASTQB test methodologiestest plan creationtest executiondiagnostic testingDTC validationautomation testingsystem-level feature testingroot-cause analysis

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skills