Senior Battery HIL Simulation & Integration Engineer

General Motors Corporation; Milford Charter Township (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors is seeking an experienced Software Engineer specialized in HIL/SIL simulation to lead the creation and integration of real-time models for vehicle systems, including high voltage and battery domains, and to support new programs and SDV2 architecture.

You will develop and maintain Battery HIL benches, coordinate hardware upgrades, ensure timing, and enable early defect detection before vehicle integration, reporting to the GM team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Electrical, Software, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 3 years of experience as Software Engineer/SIL/HIL roles or related.
• 3 years with real-time simulation design and HIL bench tools (ETAS INCA, Lauterbach, CANalyzer/Vehicle Spy, Python).
• 2 years in HIL design/integration; modeling/testing electrical fault scenarios; creating simulated sensors/actuators and syncing hardware with models.

Responsibilities

• Lead creation, integration, and maintenance of simulation models, including plant, sensor/actuator models, and controller representations.
• Develop and maintain Battery HIL models and benches supporting BECM, cell balancing, contactor logic, diagnostics, thermal systems, and high voltage architecture behavior.
• Plan and coordinate model updates, hardware upgrades, and test environment rollout for new features and SDV2 architecture changes.
• Ensure benches meet program timing, support feature development, and enable early defect detection before vehicle integration.

Tools

ETAS INCA

Lauterbach

CANalyzer

Vehicle Spy

Python

Job description

General Motors is seeking an experienced Software Engineer specialized in HIL/SIL simulation to lead the creation and integration of real-time models for vehicle systems, including high voltage and battery domains, and to support new programs and SDV2 architecture.

You will develop and maintain Battery HIL benches, coordinate hardware upgrades, ensure timing, and enable early defect detection before vehicle integration, reporting to the GM team.