Senior Vehicle Systems Bench Engineer

WHY GILLIG

• Leader in environmentally friendly mobility solutions including battery electric, hybrid electric, near‑zero CNG and clean diesel transit buses
• Renowned for its inclusive team/family-oriented culture
• Stable, successful, and growing organization – a Bay Area business for over 132 years!
• Flexible schedules (
  * depending on project needs)
• Excellent compensation including company paid medical premiums, generous retirement plan and other comprehensive benefits

GILLIG Engineering is responsible for the development, customization, and configuration of GILLIG's clean technology heavy‑duty transit buses. We are committed to developing the most reliable buses that connect communities, eliminate congestion, and contribute to a greener environment. Our engineers are engaged in designing, analyzing, testing, launching, and problem solving across a wide range of technical areas.

Validation Engineering is responsible for the testing, simulation, and evaluation of systems, components and vehicle platforms for GILLIG's continuously evolving product line. It is instrumental in ensuring design requirements are met and overall performance meets the harsh demands of the heavy‑duty transit bus duty‑cycle.

We are looking for a Senior Vehicle Systems Bench Engineer to join our Validation group. The Senior Vehicle Systems Bench Engineer will be guided by technical requirements to conduct complex system and vehicle level design verification (DV) and production validation (PV) tests to confirm achievement of these requirements within established program timelines. The role also provides opportunities, with the creation of tools and processes, for traceability of DFMEA to DVP&R to final reports.

This is a hands‑on, on‑site role at our Livermore, CA facility and reports to the Manager of Validation and may also receive guidance from more senior engineers.

• Own the process of Hardware in the Loop (HIL) development activities, including commissioning the bench, facilitating software delivery schedules, test planning and automation development and execution.
• Work with stakeholders to scope facility, equipment needs for bench build and system integration tests.
• Lead test automation strategy, develop scripts using (MATLAB, Python, CANoe, Veri Stand, etc.) to perform and execute automated testing.
• Optimize the systems, tools, processes, and infrastructure to ensure that bench(es) are properly prioritized and built correctly and on schedule, test cases and procedures are properly documented and conducted according to software release schedules.
• Work with integration engineers to design and build test benches to test high voltage and low voltage systems
• Work with the relevant engineers to meet diagnostic coverage requirements
• Run testing with native hardware to exercise software to edge case requirements on systems benches, document and report test results, follow through with non‑conformances
• Troubleshoot Systems/ECUs using lab and measurement equipment including power supplies, oscilloscopes, multimeters as well as tools such as Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, CANape and NI Tools etc.
• Coordinate with test engineers and perform system level testing, document non‑conformances using TIR process and work closely with Engineering to resolve issues.
• Report on programmatic metrics, risk assessments and corrective actions relating to testing and software development to Leadership

• Autonomy: Ability to work independently with review at critical points.
• Technically Minded: Apply industry practices and standards (NFPA, NEC, APTA, etc.) and provide input and advice to other staff members on industry practices and standards. Exhibit advanced wide‑ranging experience, using in-depth professional knowledge, acumen, concepts and company objectives to develop, resolve complex models and procedures.
• Time Management: Work productively with all stakeholders to deliver projects on schedule and on budget.
• Communication: Collaborate and teach up, down and across the organization to help raise the skills and knowledge of the GILLIG team. Adapt style to differing audiences and adept at persuasion…