Senior Real-Time Simulation Architect

Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer; Pompano Beach (FL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% bonus

Job summary

Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer (HBK) seeks a Principal Engineer for the Simulation Workbench team within its Virtual Test Division in the United States. This senior role leads core SimWB subsystems, including the real-time scheduler and configuration server, and drives architecture decisions for a real-time Linux platform used in hardware-in-the-loop testing.

You will mentor engineers, own subsystems end to end, and collaborate with the team on roadmap while solving complex timing and integration

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software development experience in a Linux environment.
• Expert-level C and C++, with solid working knowledge of Java.
• Demonstrated experience with real-time systems, including scheduling, determinism, and performance analysis.
• Hands-on experience with I/O boards and device-level software, including reading hardware documentation and bringing up new boards.
• Experience owning a significant subsystem or product area end to end.
• Hands-on experience with MATLAB and Simulink, including integrating Simulink models into a real-time execution environment (highly preferred).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve core SimWB subsystems, including the real-time scheduler and the configuration server.
• Design, implement, and debug I/O support for our own cards, including our FPGA cards, as well as for protocols such as EtherCAT, ARINC 429, MIL-STD-1553, CAN, and serial and Ethernet interfaces.
• Develop and maintain the SimWB SDK and API surfaces used by customers and by internal teams.
• Diagnose and resolve complex real-time issues involving timing, determinism, and hardware/software integration.
• Provide the deepest level of technical escalation support for customer issues, working with the Support and Applications Engineering teams.
• Produce and maintain design documentation so that critical product knowledge is retained by the team.
• Serve as the technical lead for the team: set coding and design standards, review designs and code, mentor Lead and Senior Engineers, and raise the technical bar of the group.
• Partner with the SimWB Manager on roadmap and architecture decisions, and help assess the feasibility and effort behind proposed features.
• Evaluate new technologies and translate future product needs into engineering feasibility.

Skills

Real-time systems

C/C++ expert

Linux environment

MATLAB

Simulink

I/O hardware integration

End-to-end ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Real-time Linux

FPGA cards

Job description

Hottinger Bruel & Kjaer (HBK) seeks a Principal Engineer for the Simulation Workbench team within its Virtual Test Division in the United States. This senior role leads core SimWB subsystems, including the real-time scheduler and configuration server, and drives architecture decisions for a real-time Linux platform used in hardware-in-the-loop testing.

You will mentor engineers, own subsystems end to end, and collaborate with the team on roadmap while solving complex timing and integration