Vehicle Test Track Engineer – ECU & Real-Time Validation

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Illinois; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking an experienced automotive test engineer to join our validation team in Illinois. You will lead vehicle-level testing, develop test procedures, and analyze ECU signals in real-world environments.

We value hands-on expertise with CAN/CAN-FD, HIL/HITL, and MATLAB/Simulink, plus strong debugging and documentation skills to drive root-cause analyses and robust validation campaigns.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of automotive, heavy equipment, off-highway, or vehicle testing experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with vehicle-level testing and validation.
• Experience working in test-track, proving-ground, or real-vehicle testing environments.
• Strong experience with ECU testing and validation.
• Experience with CAN and CAN-FD communication.
• Hands-on experience with dSPACE/DSPCAE or similar real-time testing platforms.
• Experience with HIL/HITL testing and validation.
• Strong experience with Vector CANalyzer/CANoe or equivalent tools.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink.
• Experience with vehicle instrumentation and data acquisition.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Experience developing and executing test cases and test procedures.
• Experience with regression, functional, negative, and fault-injection testing.
• Experience analyzing ECU signals, diagnostic data, and system responses.
• Strong technical documentation and communication skills.

Skills

Automotive testing

Vehicle testing

ECU testing

CAN/CAN-FD communication

HIL/HITL testing

Root-cause analysis

Test case development

Fault testing

ECU signals analysis

Documentation & communication

Troubleshooting

Tools

dSPACE/DSPCAE

Vector CANalyzer/CANoe

MATLAB/Simulink

Data acquisition hardware

Job description

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking an experienced automotive test engineer to join our validation team in Illinois. You will lead vehicle-level testing, develop test procedures, and analyze ECU signals in real-world environments.

We value hands-on expertise with CAN/CAN-FD, HIL/HITL, and MATLAB/Simulink, plus strong debugging and documentation skills to drive root-cause analyses and robust validation campaigns.