Chassis Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation Engineer

Chassis HIL Simulation Engineer 


We are the movers of the world and the makers of the future. We get up every day, roll up our sleeves and build a better world -- together. At Ford, we’re all a part of something bigger than ourselves. Are you ready to change the way the world moves?

Ford’s Electric Vehicles, Digital and Design (EVDD) team is charged with delivering the company’s vision of a fully electric transportation future. EVDD is customer-obsessed, entrepreneurial, and data-driven and is dedicated to delivering industry-leading customer experience for electric vehicle buyers and owners. You’ll join an agile team of doers pioneering our EV future by working collaboratively, staying focused on only what matters, and delivering excellence day in and day out. Join us to make positive change by helping build a better world where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.

In this position... 

We are seeking a highly motivated and skilled Chassis HIL Simulation Engineer to join our innovative team. In this role, you will be instrumental in advancing our software development and validation processes by spearheading the creation and implementation of efficient virtual testing methodologies. You will integrate complex plant models with controller software, automate critical build and test processes, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to significantly reduce reliance on physical vehicle testing, accelerating our product development lifecycle.

You'll have...

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent experience or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

• 2+ years control system development experience.
• 2+ years of experience with Matlab/Simulink tools
• 2+ years of experience integrating Auto-generated or hand coded C-Code into a target ECU and computer simulation objects


Even better, you may have...
• MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or related field
• Familiarity with Embedded Tester, dSPACE, ECU-Test and Vector tools
• Experience developing automation scripts and GUI applications (e.g. python, Matlab, C++, C#, Java)
• Experience with using CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins
• Demonstrated experience in building plant and controller models for automotive Braking, Steering and Suspension systems
• Demonstrated experience in working on HIL and DIL simulators and deploying SW on external target ECUs.
• Demonstrated experience in Vehicle CAN Network
• Demonstrated experience in system dynamics modeling using first principles and in using tools like CarSim or CarMaker
• Experience with Software Configuration Management Systems (e.g. Git or ClearCase


You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder…or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, 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 
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day 
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. 

This position is a salary grades 6-8 and ranges from $83,280-190,500.


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Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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What you'll do...

• Define efficient physical and virtual SW validation methods by integrating plant models with controller software source code.
• Develop necessary scripts and tools to automate software builds for software virtualization.
• Engage cross functional team members to coordinate on-time delivery of in house and supplier software components to be compatible with the virtual test environments.
• Develop virtual test environments & test cases to enable testing HW dependent test cases through simulation.
• Work with the Hardware in the Loop, Driver in the loop, and Vehicle in the loop Simulator teams to reduce dependency on vehicle level testing.
• Develop and maintain automation for builds, test, data analysis and reporting.
• Integrate CI tools into existing CAE environment pipelines
• Maintain tools and integrations between various repositories, software suites, and CAE environments