Instrumentation Technician

Optimal Solution Company; Milford Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Optimal Solution Company is seeking a candidate to join the Business Group A tools team working with hardware-in-the-loop simulators and vehicle ECUs. You will assist wiring, support HIL hardware, and flash ECUs, contributing to active safety and automated driving testing.

Experience with automotive communication and 12-volt power systems is valued, with a requirement for an Associates Degree and at least 3 years of related work. Onsite, first shift, with exposure to dSPACE equipment.

Qualifications

• Must have an associates degree and at least 3 years of experience.
• Familiarity with dSPACE or similar HIL hardware is a nice-to-have.
• ECU flashing experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist with wiring and harness creation for the bench.
• Support HIL bench and HIL simulator hardware setup, maintenance, and reconfiguration.
• Flash ECU devices under test.

Skills

Bench wiring and harness creation

Automotive communication systems

12-volt automotive power systems

Education

Associates Degree

Job description

Job Description

Business Group A tools team, create hardware in the loop simulators, different ECU's on a vehicle, support active safety and automated driving, support testing, actual modules that make the decisions they put those on the test property, stand up a test property around the models to simulate them being in a real vehicle, provide the simulation tool for different teams within in the company working heavily with DSPACE hardware, design how the hardware connects together, integrate the hardware with the actual active safety modules

They use Jira for a lot of their work requests and tracking
Assign Jira tickets, so they know what they are assigned to work on
Collaborate amongst the team, but no daily stand up meeting
Working on HIL simulator systems, creating wire hardness, working with dSPACE equipment, moving equipment

Requirements

• Assist with the wiring and harness creation for the bench
• Support HIL bench and HIL simulator hardware setup, maintenance, and reconfiguration
• Flash ECU devices under test (smaller part of the job)

Education Requirement

• Associates Degree
• Years of experience - minimum at least 3 years of experience
• Experience with dSPACE or similar HIL hardware - nice to have
• ECU flashing experience - nice to have

Must Have Skills

• Bench wiring and harness creation (power, CAN, LIN, Ethernet, etc.)
• Experience with automotive communication systems (not a ton of experience, just familiar with it)
• Familiar with 12-volt automotive power systems

1st shift

8:30am - 5:00pm
Onsite

Use of AI Technology:

Unless expressly authorized in the interview/skill set validation instructions, candidates may not use AI tools or other third-party assistance during an interview or assessment to generate or provide substantive answers to interview questions. Candidates should answer organically in their own words, drawing on their own knowledge, skills, and experience. Failure to adhere to these expectations may result in the candidate being removed from consideration.