Software Engineer - Battery & Conventional Propulsion HIL Engineer-Lead the Future of Electric Mobility

Job Description Hybrid: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Milford, MI, 3-4 days per week, at minimum.

The Role General Motors is undergoing a major transformation, both in how we operate and in how we will influence the future of transportation in the EV realm. Our Software Services team is on the forefront of this work, emboldening our culture by seeking out determined, innovative individuals who will join our team to help move us forward and achieve our mission. We are currently seeking experienced and motivated candidates for the roles of Battery & Propulsion HIL Engineer. The HIL Engineer role is responsible for creating hardware in the loop environments to enable development, verification and validation of embedded controllers and calibrations for battery, electrification, engine, and powertrain. This position designs and maintains models using dSpace Simulink and Simscape tools. Simulation allows GM to move the integration and validation tasks earlier in the development cycle. It enables us to release new product and features quicker and to improve our competitiveness in the market. In addition, the position requires designing the harness, layout, the ECUs, and power for our HIL bench. You will be a GM Entrepreneur that is responsible to deliver finished products on time, meet goals, tailor our processes to be more efficient. You will utilize Agile principles, Scrum ART direction with stories written for tasks. These methods support Lean Manufacturing principles and DFSS knowledge to improve exponentially in what you accomplish and raise the quality in what you contribute to GM.

What You'll Do

• Work closely with software development, calibration, and validation stakeholders to identify solutions to customer needs.
• Create and maintain simulation models (such as plant, sensors and actuators, serial data communication, and controller models) for creating test environments.
• Design HIL benches, including harness design, power requirements, and integration of key ECMs. Understanding of ISO SPI, CAN tools, and INCA.
• Understand and apply Agile principles that support DFSS tools and methodologies. Incorporate Lean Manufacturing principles and thinking into daily processes as a HIL Engineer.
• Partner closely with test environment users to root-cause issues, address unexpected test results, and resolve issues encountered during test execution.
• Plan, communicate, and coordinate test environment strategy and model/hardware rollouts to support applications and features requested by the user community.
• Support HIL benches and automated tools.
• Work closely with sources of models and equipment to ensure common models and other simulation assets are shared across test environment domains and architectures.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications)​​

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Electrical, Software or Computer)
• 4+ years of experience in design of models with controls theory and with real time simulation
• 4+ years of experience in HIL design, troubleshooting and integration
• 2+ years of experience in automotive engineering
• 1+ years of experience in applying DFSS tools and methodologies to solve problems.

What Will Give You A Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications)

• Master’s degree in engineering (Mechatronics, Electrical, Software or Computer preferred)​
• Experience with developing microprocessor-based, real-time control algorithms and software in high level (Python, C/C++) language
• Experience with commonly used HIL bench tools, such as ETAS INCA, Lauterbach, CAN (CANalyzer or Vehicle Spy), software code generation, Python, etc.
• Experience as a Controls, Software, or Calibration Engineer

Additional Information: Relocation is not available for this role.

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