Hardware in the Loop (HIL) - Development Engineer

The Hardware-In-Test-Loop (HITL) Development Engineer is responsible for all activities related to the development, maintenance, execution, and automation of HITL environments used for the validation of locomotive traction/propulsion, auxiliary systems, power electronics, and embedded control software. This role works closely with Drives Control, Systems, Software, and Verification teams to build comprehensive real-time simulation environments that support product development and validation lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Work cross functionally to identify and capture requirements to execute the full lifecycle development of HITL solutions.

• Define simulator I/O requirements, and specify interface mapping and signal conditioning based on system requirements and control architecture..

• Develop and release real-time simulation models for traction motors, power converters, energy storage systems, braking systems, and various locomotive/off-highway vehicle (OHV) sub-systems.

• Create automated test frameworks, write test scripts and sequences, design fault injection scenarios, and execute closed-loop control validation.

• Integrate new control software releases into active HITL platforms and update real-time plant models accordingly

• Maintain and update official HITL design documentation, test procedures, and platform configuration documents.

• Experience with Full lifecycle HITL Development, Architecture Design, Simulator Integration, and Platform Configuration.

• The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Modeling and simulation abilities using (matlab, simulink, stateflow, and simscape power systems).

• Familiarity with hardware environments with OpalRT (or similar) real-time simulators, signal conditioning, and interface mapping.

• Advanced test automation framework development, test scripting, and Fault Injection Testing.

• Past experience managing test reporting, closing out design/verification reviews, and ensuring rigorous data traceability.

• Additional experience/knowledge with locomotive embedded systems design a plus., Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Computer Science or a Technical Discipline with 3 to 6 years of related experience.