Product Engineer Controls

at  Altair Engineering

JOB SUMMARY:

Our client in Dearborn, MI is looking for a Product Engineer Controls. This is a contract position.

Candidates for consideration will be responsible for developing and executing advanced Hardware in the Loop systems and test plans as a core part of the control development process within the Vehicle Controls Research and Advanced Engineering Department. This requires proactive collaboration combined with technical focus and experience to deliver simulation solutions that provide increasing levels of capability and efficiency.

Responsibilities:

• Innovate new virtual simulation solutions on HIL platforms to support research and development of advanced automotive control systems.
• Research and implement new process, methods and tools to increase the capability, automation, and efficiency of software simulation, build and test initiatives.
• Work closely with control system developers to create HIL test plans, validate operation of Control System software and hardware on HIL, process and analyze test data, and create test reports.
• Design, implement, validate, and document Matlab/Simulink models for interfacing to HIL system hardware and communication networks.
• Design, build, validate, and document HIL I/O circuits and wiring harnesses to interface HIL simulator to electronic control units and subsystem sensors and actuators.
• Design, implement, validate, and document test scripts, test automation, and user interfaces for HIL system.
• Maintain HIL system operation with updates to interface models, system hardware, user interfaces, and test automation as required.