Plant Modelling & Simulation Engineer – ADV

ALTEN Technology USA•Auburn Hills, MI

20h

About The Position

We are seeking a Plant Modeling and Simulation Engineer to develop, validate, and maintain high-quality plant models supporting XIL, virtual validation, and system integration activities. This role focuses on building scalable, reusable models across multiple vehicle domains and ensuring alignment with system-level requirements and verification workflows. The engineer will work closely with cross-functional teams including system design, architecture, controls, and testing organizations to enable efficient virtual development and validation using model-based techniques. This role is ideal for engineers who enjoy deep technical work in modeling and simulation, want to contribute to system-level development and validation, and are building toward technical leadership or system architecture roles.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field
A minimum of 3 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

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 (e.g., propulsion, chassis, ADAS, infotainment).
Ensure models meet appropriate fidelity levels depending on development phase (concept, design, integration, validation).
Perform model validation and correlation 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 ensure alignment between plant models and 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, and 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.