# HIL System Engineer

**Company**: Ford Motor Company
**Location**: Dearborn, MI
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $74,300-$114,500
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44294

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## Description

Product Development at Ford uses design thinking and user experience methods to deliver breakthrough products and services that delight customers. As a HIL System Engineer, you will support the development, integration, and validation of vehicle systems and features.

You will work across domains such as ADAS, High Voltage/EV, Powertrain, and Over-the-Air (OTA) updates. The ideal candidate brings strong system-level validation experience, practical knowledge of vehicle electrical and mechanical systems, test automation capability, and experience with dSPACE HIL tools.

**Responsibilities**

- Design, develop, configure, validate, and maintain HIL test benches and supporting hardware/software solutions.

- Define feature boundaries, interface requirements, solution requirements, and modeling requirements for HIL test environments.

- Partner with core engineering teams to develop HIL strategies and build test benches that accurately represent vehicle behavior.

- Create, maintain, and execute system-level test plans, test cases, automated test scripts, and test reports.

- Develop and manage reusable test automation libraries and packages for System HIL environments.

- Expand test coverage and identify new test methods to improve feature quality and product robustness.

- Analyze ECUs, vehicle features, interfaces, and system behavior to identify validation needs and develop effective test solutions.

- Configure and integrate simulation tools, automation tools, and functional solutions on HIL benches.

- Evaluate, select, procure, and maintain tools, test hardware, and software needed to support validation activities.

- Implement new hardware solutions on dSPACE HIL simulators as needed.

- Support configuration-management architecture and tools used to manage test assets, bench configurations, and project data.

- Document and review automation-solution requirements and test results.

- Track work, test status, issues, and deliverables using tools such as Jira and TestRail.

- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including Scrum activities, and ensure timely completion of assigned work.

**Qualifications**

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

- 2+ years of experience in one or more automotive domains, including:

- Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS)

- High Voltage / Electrification

- Powertrain

- Over-the-Air (OTA) systems

- 2+ years of system-level validation, integration, software testing, or quality-assurance experience.

- 2+ years of hands-on experience commissioning, configuring, supporting, or validating dSPACE HIL simulators.

- 2+ years of experience using dSPACE ControlDesk, AutomationDesk, or comparable HIL control and automation tools.

- Experience developing, implementing, and maintaining automated test cases, test scripts, and/or automation libraries.

- Experience with software scripting or programming languages such as Python and C++.

- Experience with software configuration management and management of test assets or project data.

- Knowledge of vehicle electrical systems, ECUs, electrical architectures, and embedded systems.

- Ability to troubleshoot complex system, interface, hardware, software, and test-environment issues.

- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering and program teams.

**Benefits**

- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage

- Paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more

- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments and more

- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases

- Tuition assistance

- Established and active employee resource groups

- Paid time off for individual and team community service

- Generous vacation time, sick/personal time, and paid holidays, including between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day

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## Skills

### Required
- Electrical Engineering
- Electronics Engineering
- Mechatronics Engineering
- Computer Science
- dSPACE HIL tools
- Python
- C++
- software scripting
- programming languages
- vehicle electrical systems
- ECUs
- electrical architectures
- embedded systems

### Nice to have
- Master’s degree in an engineering discipline, computer science, or related business/technical
- Experience with Ford diagnostic engineering tools and software-download processes
- Experience developing and executing functional test procedures in a software, automotive, or vehicle-testing organization

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