Senior HIL Electrical Systems Engineer (Hybrid)

Lincoln Motor Company; Dearborn (MI); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Vehicle discount program

Tuition assistance

Paid time off

Hybrid work model

Onsite four days a week

Job summary

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to serve as the design authority for HIL benches. You will architect I/O, wire harnesses, and custom PCBs, integrating simulators with ECUs and dynamometer hardware from concept through production.

You will drive hardware projects, author requirements, support supplier design reviews, and validate test systems across research, advanced engineering, and production teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline.
• 5+ years designing, building, and validating HIL or embedded electronic test systems.
• 3+ years experience with automotive ECUs in powertrain/electrification contexts.
• Proficiency in electrical schematic design and wiring
• Hands-on lab debugging with oscilloscopes, multimeters, and bus analyzers.
• Experience with CAN/CAN-FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect HIL system configurations including enclosure layout, I/O, signaling, power distribution, fault insertion and interface docs.
• Prepare technical requirements, SOWs and evaluation criteria for HIL hardware/software procurement; support supplier reviews and delivery across organizations.
• Design, build, and validate wire harnesses and electrical cables connecting HIL simulators to ECUs and sensors; own schematics, wiring diagrams, and harness documentation.
• Create and validate signal conditioning circuits for HIL/ViL/HPiL/dyno environments; ensure compatibility across platform migrations.

Skills

5+ years' experience in HIL/eEmbedded

ECU architectures

Electrical schematic design

Automotive communication protocols

Project leadership

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

dSPACE SCALEXIO

Speedgoat

NI VeriStand

Vector hardware-in-the-loop platforms

Job description

Ford Motor Company is seeking an experienced Electrical Engineer to serve as the design authority for HIL benches. You will architect I/O, wire harnesses, and custom PCBs, integrating simulators with ECUs and dynamometer hardware from concept through production.

You will drive hardware projects, author requirements, support supplier design reviews, and validate test systems across research, advanced engineering, and production teams.