Senior Component HIL Simulation and Integration Engineer

General Motors•Milford, MI

11d•Hybrid

About The Position

General Motors is seeking experienced and motivated candidates for the role of Senior Component HIL Simulation and Integration Engineer to support their HIL Agile Release Train (HIL ART). This role is responsible for creating hardware in the loop environments to enable development, verification, and validation of embedded controllers and calibrations for various vehicle systems including battery, hybrid, electrification, engine, transmission, chassis, and intelligent brake controls. The position involves working with component-based HIL environments that are evolving to include multiple controllers across multiple domains, specifically focusing on electric propulsion systems with Multi Domain HIL (MDH) benches supporting battery controllers and power inverter module controllers.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Computer preferred).
Minimum 5 years of relevant engineering experience, with at least 3 years focused on simulation and testing of electronic control modules.
Experience with MATLAB and Simulink in the context of plant model development and integration and basic usage of additional tools for real-time simulation.
Familiarity with automotive communication technologies such as CAN, LIN, and SPI.
Familiarity in computer programming languages including Python, C/C++.
Familiarity with software version controlling tools including GIT, Bitbucket.
Familiarity with SAFe for implementing agile practices.
Familiarity with project management tools including IBM RTC, Jira.
Familiarity with automation tools including Jenkins.
Familiarity with automotive communication technologies (e.g. CAN, LIN, Ethernet and SPI).
Experience successfully leading large and/or difficult projects with high levels of ambiguity.
Knowledge of one or more vehicle motion or High Voltage Battery and controls systems (for example brake, battery charging, engine, electric motors, etc).
Excels in the following GM Competencies: Customer Focus; Innovation; Collaboration & Teamwork; Ability to learn and apply new skills; Communication and interpersonal skills, highly focused on meeting customer needs and communicating effectively with the customer; Solves Problems & Analyzes Issues; Drives for Results.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Mechanical, Electrical, Software or Computer preferred).
10+ years of relevant engineering experience.
5+ years of engineering experience focused on software or control system simulation and testing.
Knowledge and 1–5 years of experience developing microprocessor-based, real-time control algorithms and software in high level (Python, C/C++) language.
Familiarity with additional simulation tools (e.g. GT Suite, CarSim, Amesim, etc.).
Familiarity with embedded controls software and automated software build processes, including gcc compiler, gdb debugger, Eclipse, and ETAS INCA measurement and calibration tools.
Experience with commonly used HIL bench tools, such as ETAS INCA, Lauterbach, CAN (CANalyzer or Vehicle Spy), software code generation, Python, etc.
Demonstrated leadership and success in software-in-the-loop (SIL) or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) methodology development & deployment.
Familiarity with synchronous and asynchronous event-driven simulation methodologies (high performance co-simulation).
Experience successfully leading large and/or difficult projects with high levels of ambiguity.
Experience with development of advanced technology.
Experience with software integration verification and validation.
Experience as a Controls, Software, or Calibration Engineer.
Experience executing a production vehicle program, in any role.

Responsibilities

Plays a critical role in the HIL ART with a focus on the development and deployment of test environments.
Works with global engineering teams to understand testing environment requirements and translate those needs into test environments to develop, deploy, and maintain.
Supports multiple types of testing environments (such as HIL, SIL, Virtual HIL, etc) through scrum teams focused on a specific type of control system.
Applies the latest technological solutions for evaluation of software and hardware performance to a wide variety of products and user needs and delivery schedules.
Balances technical and project leadership skills and thinks outside the box to find simple yet exciting solutions.
Gains required knowledge to support satisfying multiple controller needs, networking with specialists in multiple domains.
Works closely with software development, calibration, and validation stakeholders to identify solutions to customer needs.
Engages with cross-functional team members to coordinate on-time delivery to meet requirements.
Creates and maintains simulation models (such as Plant, sensors and actuators, serial data communication and controller models) for creating xiL Test Environments.
Evaluates, parametrizes, and tunes the test environment based on system requirements and calibrations.
Partners closely with test environment users to root cause and address unexpected test results and resolve issues encountered during test execution.
Provides technical support for test environment user activities.
Plans, communicates, and coordinates test environment strategy and model/hardware rollout to support applications and features requested by the user community.
Assists initiatives to benchmark and adopt next-generation simulation technology and tools.
Performs test environment correlation activities based on experimental data.
Supports HIL bench and controller testing (including automated tools).
Creates, maintains, and improves standard architectures.
Works closely with sources of models and equipment to ensure common models and other simulation assets are shared between test environment domains and architectures.
Leads a small group of team members and works with test environment customers, technical leaders, and management as necessary to support and execute program imperatives.