HIL Development Engineer

We are seeking an experienced HIL Development Engineer to join our HIL simulation team. In this role, you will proactively collaborate with controls, systems, and simulation engineers to understand our HIL testing requirements and develop our future HIL simulation platforms. This is a hands-on position that requires experience with all aspects of HIL development, implementation, and automation. You will be an integral part of a team that is delivering solutions to increase the simulation capability and testing efficiency for Ford's research and advanced control development projects.

Candidates for consideration will be responsible for developing and executing advanced Hardware in the Loop systems, automated tools, and test plans as a core part of the control development process within the Vehicle Controls & Automation Research and Advanced Engineering Department.

* 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.

* 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.