Plant Modelling Engineer

Purple Hires Inc; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Purple Hires Inc in Warren, Michigan is seeking a Plant Modelling Engineer to develop sensor/actuator plant models using Simulink and related tools. You will define interfaces for VHiL/HiL/SiL/CoSim environments, design test cases from customer feedback, and drive device data acquisition for performance characterization.

Requirements include reading electrical drawings, strong Simulink skills, and experience with DOORs, S-function/fmu integration, and various simulation environments.

Qualifications

• BS degree in a relevant engineering field and 2+ years of experience.
• Ability to read electrical drawings and understand device wiring to controllers.
• Experience with Simulink environments and integration of S-function/fmu.
• Familiarity with DOORs, CAN/LIN/Ethernet, and multiple simulation tools.

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 for VHiL, HiL, SiL and CoSim environments.
• 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.
• 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.
• Balance long-term and short-term virtualization model requirements between in-house and supplier solutions.
• Coordinate and balance virtual requirements between vehicle and propulsion domains of common devices.
• Collect and comprehend Vehicle Calibration differences and translate into model design robustness.

Skills

Electrical drawings

Simulink modeling

Virtualization

Modeling architecture

Interface standards

S-function/fmu integration

Test case design

Data acquisition

GMSIM/D-space virtualization

Education

BS Mechanical Engineering

BS Electrical Engineering

BS Software Engineering

BS Computer Science

BS Aerospace Engineering

Tools

DOORs

Simulink

Simscape

GT Power

SABER

GCC

gdb

Eclipse

ETAS INCA

TeamCenter

RTC

Job description

Title - Plant Modelling Engineer

Location - Warren, Michigan

Employment Type - Full-time

Job Description

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

REQUIRED

• 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