Plant Modeling and Simulation Engineer

Stellantis•Auburn Hills, MI

About The Position

Develops, validates, and maintains high-quality plant models supporting XIL, virtual validation, and system integration. The role builds scalable, reusable models across multiple vehicle domains and ensures alignment with system-level requirements and verification workflows. The engineer collaborates with system design, architecture, controls, and testing organizations to enable virtual development and validation using model-based techniques. The position offers deep technical work in modeling and simulation, contributions to system-level development and validation, and an opportunity to build toward technical leadership or system architecture roles. The engineer develops and maintains 0D/1D plant models of physical systems such as propulsion, chassis, ADAS, and infotainment; matches model fidelity to development phases; validates and correlates models against requirements and test data; and supports model reduction and optimization. The role integrates models into XIL workflows, supports virtual testing and system verification, collaborates with controls and system engineers, and contributes to continuous integration pipelines. It also supports cross-domain integration and model reuse, follows modeling standards and quality processes, maintains documentation and configuration management, and contributes to improvements in fidelity, performance, scalability, simulation efficiency, tools, and processes.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
A minimum of 5 years of experience in plant modeling, simulation, or V&V environments.
Strong understanding of Model-Based Development (MBD) and virtual testing methods.
Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or similar modeling tools.
Knowledge of physical system modeling (0D/1D).
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Knowledge of CI/CD tools and methods.
Experience in one scripting language.
Strong collaboration and communication skills.
Ability to work in cross-functional teams.
Attention to detail and commitment to model quality.
Adaptability to Agile development environments.

Nice To Haves

Experience in automotive OEM.
Familiarity with XIL environments (MIL/SIL/HIL).
Understanding of automotive V&V processes and standards.
Experience with model validation and correlation.
Experience with variant/configuration management.
Experience with version control systems.
Domain experience in propulsion, ADAS, chassis, or infotainment.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain 0D/1D plant models representing physical systems, including propulsion, chassis, ADAS, and infotainment.
Ensure models meet appropriate fidelity levels for concept, design, integration, and validation phases.
Validate and correlate models against requirements and test data.
Support model reduction and optimization for simulation efficiency.
Integrate plant models into XIL workflows and environments.
Support virtual testing, requirement validation, and system verification activities.
Collaborate with controls and system engineers to align plant models with control strategies.
Contribute to continuous integration pipelines for model development and validation.
Work with system and functional design teams, architecture and simulation framework teams, testing and validation teams, suppliers, and tool vendors.
Ensure plant models are compatible with simulation platforms, support cross-domain integration, and enable efficient data exchange and reuse.
Follow established modeling best practices and standards.
Participate in model reviews, quality checks, and validation processes.
Maintain model documentation, version control, and configuration management.
Support initiatives to improve model fidelity and performance, reusability and scalability, and simulation efficiency.
Contribute to tool evaluation, benchmarking, and process enhancements.