HIL Validation Engineer

at  Altair Engineering

JOB SUMMARY:

Our client in Auburn Hills, MI is looking for an HIL Validation Engineer. This is a contract position.

Propulsion Systems Validation Engineer.
The ideal candidate for this position is a strong team player willing to work in a fast-paced environment. They will be involved in reviewing requirement driven test cases, working with automated test scripts, and executing System Validation testing for electrified and conventional propulsion software.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Design, develop and automate requirements-based test cases using state of the art validation methods to achieve maximum test coverage.
• Flash Software / Merge Calibrations and work with the controls/calibration/HIL team(s) as required making the baseline Software functional on the HIL.
• Utilize HIL bench to execute baseline Software System Validation testing for the propulsion systems on various projects as required.
• Gather required test data and perform initial data analysis to isolate the potential root cause of the failure between HIL, test script, software, calibration or requirements.
• Work with cross-functional electrified department stakeholders from Software, Calibration and Systems groups to solicit requirements clarifications, communicate results and resolve issues.
• Work with the HIL hardware, plant model and tools team(s) to communicate results and resolve issues as required.
• Create and publish test reports to the required team members and author issues in the issue tracking databases as required.
• Support issue debugging activities as required on the HIL.
• Contribute actively to the weekly HIL issues/change requests meeting with the HIL team to achieve timely resolution of HIL features/issue fixes requested.
• Provide structured feedback on the tasks assigned as well as anticipated new tasks to the immediate supervisors as well as electrified management through 1 on 1 meetings or other forums as required.