Plant Modelling Engineer

Creative Solutions Services, LLC; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Solutions Services, LLC is seeking an engineering specialist to develop sensor/actuator models in Simulink and manage virtualization across VHiL/HiL/SiL environments. The role requires reading electrical drawings, integrating DOORS workflows, and coordinating data acquisition and change management.

The candidate will work across vehicle and propulsion domains, balancing long-term fidelity with supplier-based solutions and leveraging tools like Simulink, Simscape, GT Power, SABER, and

Qualifications

• Reads and understands electrical drawings and device wiring.
• Develops sensor/actuator plant models in Simulink or similar tools.
• Sets interface standards for VHiL/HiL/SiL/CoSim environments.
• Defines and executes test cases from feedback and models.
• Conducts device data acquisition for performance/diagnostic characterization.
• Manages model change management, releases, and technical support.
• Specifies virtualization requirements across hardware and control domains.
• Facilitates cross-group collaboration on supplier, hardware, and diagnostics needs.
• Balances long-term and short-term virtualization fidelity with in-house vs supplier solutions.
• Coordinates virtualization across vehicle and propulsion domains.
• Translates vehicle calibration differences into robust model design.

Responsibilities

• Read and understand electrical diagrams and device wiring.
• Develop model architectures for sensors/actuators in Simulink or equivalent.
• Define interface standards for VHiL/HiL/SiL/CoSim environments.
• Define and execute test cases from customer feedback and models.
• Lead data acquisition campaigns to characterize performance and diagnostics.
• Manage change control, releases, and technical support for models.
• Define virtualization requirements for modeling across suppliers and hardware.
• Coordinate virtualization needs across vehicle and propulsion domains.
• Incorporate vehicle calibration differences into robust models.

Skills

Simulink

Electrical drawings

Modeling

Interfaces (SIL/HiL/CoSim)

Data acquisition

Virtualization

GCC / GDB

ETAS INCA

Education

BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering

MS in relevant field (preferred)

Tools

DOORS

AEMSIM

Simulink

Simscape

GT Power

SABER

GCC

GDB

Eclipse

ETAS INCA

Teamcenter

RTC

Git/SVN/TFS

Job description

Job Description & Skill Requirement:

Responsibilities:

• Read and understand electrical drawings, including circuit and control diagnostics of a device (sensor or actuator).
• Develop sensor / actuator plant model architecture in Simulink or appropriate virtual tool.
• Follow and set interface standards to be used by VHiL, HiL, SiL and CoSim environments for consumption.
• Define and execute test cases based on customer feedback and model development.
• Lead and execute device data acquisition collection to aid in characterization of performance and diagnostic responses of the device.
• Manage change management (enhancement, release notes, test cases, technical support) of a model.
• Define virtualization requirements for modeling, supplier, hardware and controls community.
• Bring various groups together to comprehend supplier, hardware, controls and diagnostics requirements.
• Ability to drive balance between long term and short term actuator and sensor virtualization model requirements (fidelity) between inhouse resources and supplier-based solutions.
• Coordinate and balance virtual requirements between vehicle and propulsion domains of common devices.
• Collect and comprehend Vehicle Calibration differences and translate that into model design robustness for implementing variation.

Qualifications:

• BS Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 2+ years of relevant experience.
• Ability to read and understand electrical drawings.
• Ability to understand wiring of devices to controller and how to quantify within the tools and requirement (ICD, CTS, CTR).
• Familiarity with DOORs to comprehend interface and device and controller requirements.
• Knowledge/Ability to operate in a Simulink environment.
• Ability to make changes in in Simulink and or integrate S-function/fmu functionality into other simulation environments.
• Understanding of serial communication (LIN, ISO Spi, CAN and Ethernet).
• Ability to execute virtualization within the GMSIM/ D-space environment.
• Ability to work within AEMSIM, Simscape, Simulink, GT Power, SABER environments.

Preferred:

• MS Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Comprehensive vehicle propulsion system-level knowledge.
• Ability to understand differences between analog inputs, H bridge drivers, High side PWM frequency.
• Ability to understand controller HWIO, and or LIN, CAN and SENT protocols.
• Ability to comprehend the subsystem differences between ECU, HWIO sensor and actuator sub-system functionality of a given devices.
• Ability to read and comprehend software source code and models actions.
• Familiarity with version control systems (VCS) tools like Git, SVN and TFS.
• Familiarity with simulation data management (SDM) systems like Teamcenter and RTC.
• Familiarity with GCC compiler, gdb debugger, Eclipse, and ETAS INCA measurement and calibration tools.