HIL System Engineer

Ford Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 167,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off & holidays

Tuition assistance

Vehicle discount program

Family and parental support programs

Employee resource groups

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking a HiL Engineer to drive test development and system integration across vehicle functions. You will design and execute test procedures using HiL equipment, collaborate with engineers and suppliers, and help identify and eliminate defects early in the development cycle.

The role emphasizes test automation, validation of test environments, and continuous improvement of testing processes in a fast-paced automotive environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Serve as single point of contact for test organization, feature owners, engineering and suppliers.
• Manage the test project scope, coverage, timeline, communications and risk for assigned features.
• Develop and expand testing scope and instrumentation strategies.
• Analyze requirements, electrical schematics, DFMEA and functional specs to plan tests.
• Design, maintain, and execute test procedures aligned with guidelines and strategy.
• Document test environment, automation, and vehicle variant management needs.
• Implement and validate test environments, automation, and variant management solutions.
• Create test procedures to validate the test environment (intake tests).
• Analyze test results, report incidents, and drive resolution.
• Troubleshoot vehicle systems and test environment to reduce false positives.
• Implement continuous improvements in test design, management and execution.
• Document bugs.

Skills

Test Automation

HIL Testing

ADAS Testing

SDLC (CMMI & Agile)

Vehicle Systems Knowledge

DFMEA Familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Computer Engineering or equivalent

Tools

dSPACE

NI HIL simulators

AutomationDesk

Job description

We made history and now we work to transform the future – for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.

In this position...

The Hardware in the Loop (HiL) Engineer supports the product development and system integration processes by developing test procedures for automated execution, implementing tests using Hardware in the Loop equipment, documenting and reviewing execution reports, reporting incidents/bugs, and tracking software updates to fix issues.

This role requires close collaboration with feature owners, engineering, and suppliers to develop a strong understanding of the vehicle functions and implement appropriate test design strategies for early identification of defects and to provide evidence of defect elimination.

What you'll do...

• Single point of contact for the test organization and the feature owner, engineering team, and supplier
• Manage the test project for the assigned features including integration/definition, scope/coverage, time, communications, and risk
• Develop/expand testing scope
• Support the tradeoff analysis of test requirements vs test environment capabilities to define test scope and instrumentation strategies
• Analyze requirements, vehicle components electrical schematics, functional specifications, and DFMEA documentation
• Design, maintain and execute test procedures in alignment with test design guidelines and strategy
• Document test environment, automation, and vehicle variant management requirements
• Implement and validate test environment, automation, and vehicle variant management solutions
• Develop test procedures to validate the test environment (intake tests)
• Analyze test execution results to generate reports, document incidents, and drive them to resolution
• Troubleshoot vehicle systems and test environment functionality to minimize false positive incident reports
• Implement continuous improvement strategies for test design, management, and execution processes
• Document bugs

You’ll have...

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent
• 5+ Years of experience in automotive software development or validations.
• 5+ Years of experience in software development life cycle - CMMI and agile process experience.
• 5+ Years of experience utilizing software testing or quality assurance methodologies
• 3+ Years of experience in validation support of dSPACE or NI HIL simulators
• 3+ Years of experience in dSPACE control and automation desk software.
• 3+ Years of experience in ADAS/DAT feature testing support
• 2+ Years of experience using Scaled Agile Framework SAFE implementing agile practices and setting up SW development workflows at an enterprise scale.

Even better, you may have...

• Functional understanding of ASPICE SW development process and ISO26262 functional safety standard.
• 3+ Years of experience in distributed feature testing experience

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade 7 and ranges from $99,600-$166,600.

Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.

For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/GSR

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.

This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week.