XiL Advanced Test Systems Engineer — Automotive HIL/Simulation

Amentum; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

Amentum is seeking an engineer to help develop and run system-level dynamometer tests with XiL capabilities for Ford vehicle programs. You will link simulation, test automation, and HiL hardware to validate powertrain and ADAS features.

Responsibilities include building test scenarios with CarMaker/CarSim and integrating dSPACE/TraceTronic tools to support calibration, verification, and validation efforts. Prior experience with MATLAB/Simulink is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or computer science.
• 1+ years of experience with dSPACE or other real-time HIL systems.
• 1+ years with MATLAB and Simulink.
• 1+ years with vehicle networks (CAN, EtherCAT, etc.).
• Internships or projects in vehicle/test domains acceptable.

Responsibilities

• Develop and use simulation for testing vehicle systems on dynamometers.
• Integrate tools like dSPACE, NI HIL, TraceTronic ECU-TEST into test environments.
• Develop test scenarios with CarMaker/CarSim modeling driving conditions.
• Design test automation scripts for calibration, verification, and validation.
• Create post-processing tools to assess test validity and identify improvements.

Skills

dSPACE HIL

MATLAB/Simulink

Vehicle comms

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

CarMaker

CarSim

ASM

TraceTronic ECU-TEST

ETAS

Vector tools

CAN/EtherCAT tools

NI HIL systems

Job description

Amentum is seeking an engineer to help develop and run system-level dynamometer tests with XiL capabilities for Ford vehicle programs. You will link simulation, test automation, and HiL hardware to validate powertrain and ADAS features.

Responsibilities include building test scenarios with CarMaker/CarSim and integrating dSPACE/TraceTronic tools to support calibration, verification, and validation efforts. Prior experience with MATLAB/Simulink is essential.