Senior HIL Simulation Integration Engineer

Role

Work arrangement

• Onsite at GM Canadian Technical Center in Markham and Oshawa, Ontario, five days each week.

Responsibilities

• Own HIL solutions from requirements through modeling, integration, and validation; develop real-time plant and environment models.
• Integrate and validate models, ECUs, loads, sensors, electrical interfaces, hardware, and CAN, LIN, Ethernet, and UART communication models.
• Define test needs and acceptance criteria with controls and ECU software teams; lead investigations and implement lasting fixes.
• Mentor specialists, technicians, and bench users; coordinate milestones, dependencies, and rollouts.
• Document bench architecture and operations; follow laboratory safety requirements and lead safe change management.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years with dSPACE HIL platforms and tools, including SCALEXIO and ControlDesk, and at least 8 years using MATLAB/Simulink for real-time simulation.
• Ability to integrate ECUs, models, electrical interfaces, and test equipment into closed-loop HIL benches and validate against requirements.
• Strong automotive CAN, LIN, and Ethernet communications and diagnostics knowledge; embedded controls experience and experience with tools such as ETAS INCA, Vector CANoe, and Lauterbach TRACE32.
• Troubleshooting ability across hardware, simulation, software, networks, measurement, and configuration; proficiency in Python, C/C++, or similar for automation.
• Experience with requirements, verification planning, issue tracking, configuration management, and iterative delivery.
• Strong communication, technical leadership, judgment, initiative, collaboration, and hands-on electrical and mechanical lab skills; commitment to safe work.

Preferred qualifications

• Lighting/visibility controls or low-voltage power systems experience, or demonstrated ability to learn and integrate adjacent automotive systems.
• Familiarity with vehicle electrical/electronic architectures, SOME/IP, and Service Discovery.
• Experience improving HIL bench architecture or standardizing capabilities across benches or programs.

Compensation

• Salary range is $115,000 to $164,600; the posting does not specify the pay cadence.

Benefits

• Benefits include paid time off, healthcare, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, defined-contribution pension contributions, and a GM Vehicle Purchase Plan.