Senior HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Engineer

GM • Milford, MI

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

Welcome to the new era of ELECTRIFICATION! Our vision is a world with ZERO Crashes, ZERO Emissions, and ZERO Congestion. We embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer, and more equitable for all. We are going to ELECTRIFY the WORLD with exciting new products beyond the vehicle! The Electrification Solutions New Markets (ESNM) organization within Vehicle Mechatronic Embedded Controls (VMEC) has an opening for Senior HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Engineer. ESNM operates as a start‑up within VMEC, focused on delivering battery‑management solutions for non‑automotive applications and unique automotive products. In this role, you will directly support GM’s strategy to expand into emerging markets such as autonomous manufacturing, mobile power generation systems, stationary energy storage systems, specialty vehicles, watercraft, and locomotives. We are seeking experienced, creative, highly motivated, agile thinkers with a passion for embedded controls and strong attention to detail. Ideal candidates enjoy solving complex problems with data‑driven rigor and thrive in a dynamic fast‑moving environment where collaboration and continuous improvement are central to how we deliver. Role Summary: As a Senior HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) Engineer, you will play a critical role in defining, developing, deploying, and maintaining hardware in the loop environments to enable development, verification and validation of embedded controls software and calibrations. This position requires individuals with a passion applying the latest technological solutions for evaluation of software and hardware performance to a wide variety of products and user needs and delivery schedules. A balance of technical and project leadership skills and the ability to think outside the box to find simple yet exciting solutions is paramount.

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 context of plant model development and integration and basic usage of additional tools for real time simulation
• Knowledge of vehicle dynamics or high-voltage battery systems and controls (e.g., braking systems, battery charging, engines, electric motors)
• Familiarity with project management tools such as Jira
• Experience with automation tools, including Jenkins
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python and/or C/C++
• Understanding of automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet, SPI)
• Familiarity with software version control systems (e.g., Git, Bitbucket)

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
• Experience in electrification controls in areas such as battery management systems, energy transfer, AC/DC charging, high voltage contactor controls, power allocation, and wireless battery communication.
• Knowledge and 1-5 years of experience developing microprocessor-based, real-time control algorithms and software in high level (Python, C/C++) language
• Familiarity of additional simulation tools (e.g. GT Suite, CarSim, Amesim, etc.)
• Familiarity with embedded controls software and the 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 production vehicle programs, in any role
• Experience with Scaled Agile or Agile DFSS Black Belt

Responsibilities

• Work closely with system engineering, software development, calibration, testing and validation stakeholders to identify solutions to customer needs.
• Lead planning and execution of work in consultation with test environment customers, technical leaders and management as necessary to support program imperatives.
• Engage with cross functional team members (within and outside of the immediate agile scrum team) to coordinate on-time delivery to meet requirements.
• Create and maintain simulation models (such as Plant, sensors and actuators, serial data communication and controller models) for creating xiL Test Environments.
• Evaluate, parametrize, and tune the test environment based on system requirements and calibrations.
• Close partnership with test environment users to root cause and address unexpected test results and resolve issues encountered during test execution.
• Provide technical support for test environment user activities.
• Plan, communicate, and coordinate test environment strategy and model/hardware rollout to support applications and features requested by user community as needed.
• Assist initiatives to benchmark and adopt next-generation simulation technology and tools.
• Perform test environment correlation activities based on experimental data.
• Support HIL bench and controller testing (including automated tools)
• Create, maintain, and improve standard architectures.
• Work closely with sources of models and equipment to make sure that common models and other simulation assets are shared between test environment domains and architectures.

Benefits

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What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior