HIL Systems Engineer - Autonomous Vehicle Validation

Wayve; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Wayve in London is building a new team to develop verification and validation infrastructure, including automated Hardware-in-the-Loop systems for autonomous vehicles. As a HIL System Engineer, you will own the design, deployment, and continual improvement of scalable HIL benches across multiple vehicle platforms, from requirements to commissioning.

You will collaborate with software, hardware and system validation teams to ensure reliable, cost-efficient platforms, contributing to end-to-end

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on experience designing and managing HIL systems and benches in autonomous vehicle, robotics, aerospace, or similar industries.
• Solid understanding of ECU communication protocols.
• Experience selecting and integrating components such as dSPACE/NI/Vector modules, media converters, power supplies and DAQ hardware.
• Strong background with diagnostic tools including but not limited to Vector, Kvaser.
• Proficiency in Linux or Unix based operating systems, command line tools.
• Proven experience in system debugging, issue resolution, and root cause analysis across hardware/software integration, with the ability to drive issues to closure and implement preventative improvements.
• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and lead others to solve technical problems even when you don’t manage them.
• Strong systems engineering fundamentals across full product life cycle, from system architecture, operation to decommission.
• Excellent cross-functional communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Architect modular, configurable, and cost-effective HIL bench designs for platform integration and validation.
• Consolidate system and test requirements from stakeholders to define HIL design.
• Select and integrate off-the-shelf and custom components, e.g., GPIO module, FPGA board, signal conditioning module, power supply.
• Collaborate with supply chain, program management, hardware, facility teams to ensure procurement, build and lab readiness.
• Own the commissioning workflow for all benches and lead continuous improvement to reduce build and bring up time.
• Collaborate with other HIL engineers to integrate sensor emulation, automation, configuration management.
• Contribute to infrastructure that scales with future test demands and evolving hardware/software platforms.
• Lead HIL bench issue resolution and root cause analysis.

Skills

HIL design

System integration

Linux

Python

C/C++

MATLAB/Simulink

Cross-functional collaboration

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in System Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field

Tools

dSPACE

NI

Vector modules

DAQ hardware

Signal conditioning module

Power supplies

Job description

Wayve in London is building a new team to develop verification and validation infrastructure, including automated Hardware-in-the-Loop systems for autonomous vehicles. As a HIL System Engineer, you will own the design, deployment, and continual improvement of scalable HIL benches across multiple vehicle platforms, from requirements to commissioning.

You will collaborate with software, hardware and system validation teams to ensure reliable, cost-efficient platforms, contributing to end-to-end