Senior HIL​/SIL Technical Specialist

Location:

Sterling Heights, MI, United States
Date Posted:
Feb 10, 2026
Category:
Engineering

Requisition

Career Level:

Senior
Remote Work Options:
On-Site
Clearance Type:
Ability to obtain security clearance

General Dynamics is a global Fortune 100 company, proudly serving the aerospace and defense industry for over 70 years. General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS), a business unit of General Dynamics, has a strong foundation of delivering core engineering and manufacturing capabilities to our clients for military vehicles. Our team is focused on continuous process and productivity improvements that reduce product costs while increasing troop safety and effectiveness.

Land Systems continues to work with the US Armed Forces and its Allies to ensure these vehicles remain survivable, relevant, flexible, affordable, and capable of addressing a dynamic threat environment.

General Dynamics is looking to hire a highly-motivated, best-in-class Senior HIL / SIL Engineer. This position will be responsible for the development, integration, and maintenance of HIL /SIL test systems, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following capabilities:

• Simulation of synthetic driving environments (e.g., terrain, weather, lighting, position, obstacles, etc.)
• Real-time physics-based plant simulation
• Signal conditioning and fault injection
• DAQ for CAN, Ethernet, 1553, RS-422, SSI, discrete analog, discrete digital, and other signal types
• Support for various 3 rd
  -party tools

Applicants should have the following skillset:
Electrical/Electronic Engineering:

• DIGITAL CIRCUIT DESIGN:
  Digital signal conditioning; encoders; counters; sinking I/O; sourcing I/O; impedance matching; A/D; D/A; digital filters (IIR, LP, HP, BP, …); control logic; power; optical and galvanic isolation
• ANALOG CIRCUIT DESIGN:
  Analog signal conditioning, analog filter design (LP, HP, BP, …), filter response, Nyquist sampling theory, aliasing, mitigation, resolver circuits, LVDT circuits, thermocouple circuits
• SERIAL INTERFACE DESIGN: RS232, RS422/485, CAN, MIL-Std-1553B, Ethernet, SSI, SPI, I2C, transceivers
• FPGA DESIGN:
  Sensor emulation, digital filters, serial devices, high speed logic control
• MICRO-CONTROLLERS:
  Design custom micro-controller applications
• AC/DC POWER: AC And DC power circuits; circuit protection; 3
  
  VDC, 5
  
  VDC, 28
  
  VDC, 120
  
  VAC; 240
  
  VAC - knowledge of working with high voltage
• SIGNAL ANAYSIS:
  Frequency and duty cycle generation and measurement;
  Fast Fourier Frequency analysis; noise analysis; filter types and filter performance

Cable/Harness Design:

• CABLE DESIGN KNOWLEDGE / CALCULATIONS:
  Wire types, stranding, usage, insulation, frequency characteristics, sizing, current, voltage, power, thermal, propagation delays, physical strength, fill, weight
• CABLE SHIELDING, GROUNDING, EMI DESIGN:
  Shielding, grounding, terminating, EMI
• CABLE MIL CONNECTOR KNOWLEDGE:
  Military connector knowledge - receptacles, plugs, materials, contacts, keying, clocking
• CABLE SIGNAL ANAYSIS KNOWLEDGE:
  Signal analysis - R/L/C effects; noise analysis – filtering; length - propagation delays; trunk lengths; stub lengths

Electrical Drawings:

• ELECTRICAL LAYOUT:
  Design electrical layout drawings
• ELECTRICAL CABLE:
  Design electrical cable drawings

Networks:

• ETHERNET NETWORKS:
  Switches; hubs; network topologies; analysis methods and tools
• CAN BUS NETWORKS: CAN bus design; communication; analysis methods and tools
• SERIAL NETWORKS: MIL-STD-1553B; RS232; RS422/485; SPI; I2C; SSI - analysis methods and tolls
• VIDEO: RS170; SDI; HDMI; DVI; VGA - analysis methods and tools
• TIME-SENSITIVE NETWORKING:
  Switches; time reservation; CUC / CNC; analysis methods and tools

Military Vehicle Knowledge:

• MILITARY VEHICLE POWER:
  Power (common) - knowledge of military vehicle power systems and how to integrate and test
• MILITARY VEHICLE MOBILITY:
  Mobility - knowledge of military vehicle power systems and how to integrate and test
• MILITARY VEHICLE SURVIVABILITY:
  Survivability - knowledge of military vehicle power systems and how to integrate and test
• MILITARY VEHICLE LETHALITY:
  Lethality - knowledge of military vehicle power systems and how to integrate and test

Applicant should have the familiarity with the following tools:

• MATLA…