Software Defined Vehicle Senior Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Engineer

General Motors•Milford, MI

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

General Motors is undergoing a major transformation, both in how we operate and in how we will influence the future of transportation. Our Testing Infrastructure Team (A member of the Physical and Virtual Test Platforms organization) is on the forefront of this work, emboldening our culture by seeking out determined, innovative individuals who will join our team to help move us forward and achieve our mission. We are currently seeking experienced and motivated candidates for the role of Senior Component HIL Simulation and Integration Engineer to support our HIL Agile Release Train (HIL ART). Role is located at the Milford Proving Grounds Campus. The team is responsible for creating hardware in the loop environments to enable development, verification and validation of embedded controllers and calibrations for hybrid, electric powertains,chassis, intelligent brake controls and base software infrastructure for our new software defined vehicle platforms. This role is targeted for the software defined vehicle infrastructure team providing HIL environments to support the mechatronics software platforms teams.

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
Experience using dSPACE Hardware in the Loop technology. Minimum of 3 years using dSPACE equipment and a minimum of 1 year using the newer Scalexio platform.
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 with dSPACE Scalexio hardware platforms.
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 a production vehicle programs, in any role

Responsibilities

Providing leadership for the scrum team
Own and continuously improve lab operations and issue triage, response and communication to customer
Drive bench utilization
Define and execute lab expansion plans
Mentor and assist new engineers in the team
Act as a technical point of contact for escalation for complex bench issues
Present and communicate technical capabilities and roadmaps in appropriate forums and workgroups
Work closely with software development, calibration and validation stakeholders to identify solutions to customer needs.
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.
Lead a small group of team members and work with test environment customers, technical leaders and management as necessary to support and execute program imperatives.