HIL Engineer

If good is just never good enough for you, Ford Quality shares your passion for striving for perfection. We're responsible for driving the continuous improvement efforts that enable Ford to deliver the highest quality products and services. Help us drive operational excellence through such innovative, proprietary initiatives as our Global Product Development System, Quality Operating System and New Model Launch. Work cross-functionally and closely with integrated teams in Manufacturing, Product Development, Purchasing, Marketing, Sales and Service.

In this position...

HIL Engineer to support the product development and system integration processes by designing/selecting, developing and maintaining test strategies and test setups. Test generation, setup and solution design, test definition, execution and reporting, adaptation, configuration management and project management. The test solutions can be designed and developed inhouse or purchased and configured. Many of process automation solutions are software based, therefore strong analytical skills and software development experience are required. Eg: software configuration management or software issue management tools. Test solutions integration are software and hardware so electronics designs, basic micro level programming is a plus. CAN diagnostic tools, Ethernet logging and analysis.

The Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Test Automation Engineer supports product development and system integration by architecting, developing, validating, and maintaining end-to-end test automation solutions. This role encompasses test case generation, test execution, automated reporting, configuration management, and tool integration-utilizing both custom in-house software and commercial off-the-shelf platforms.

What you'll do...

• Requirements & Solution Architecture: Document, review, and evaluate automation requirements; identify and select appropriate hardware and software tools to support validation objectives.
• Automation Development: Design, implement, validate, and maintain software-based test automation frameworks using best practices in software design and quality assurance (simple, modular, testable, and maintainable code).
• HIL Integration: Procure, configure, and maintain hardware and software test assets; integrate automated test tools into unified, functional HIL simulation benches.
• Configuration Management: Establish and implement configuration management architectures and pipelines to manage test artifacts, test data, and versioning across projects.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify bottlenecks in the testing lifecycle and drive CI/CD and automation strategies to enhance test efficiency, test coverage, and execution speed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Training: Author technical documentation, user guides, and standard operating procedures (SOPs); deliver technical training and support to validation engineering teams.

What you'll do...

• Requirements & Solution Architecture: Document, review, and evaluate automation requirements; identify and select appropriate hardware and software tools to support validation objectives.
• Automation Development: Design, implement, validate, and maintain software-based test automation frameworks using best practices in software design and quality assurance (simple, modular, testable, and maintainable code).
• HIL Integration: Procure, configure, and maintain hardware and software test assets; integrate automated test tools into unified, functional HIL simulation benches.
• Configuration Management: Establish and implement configuration management architectures and pipelines to manage test artifacts, test data, and versioning across projects.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify bottlenecks in the testing lifecycle and drive CI/CD and automation strategies to enhance test efficiency, test coverage, and execution speed.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Training: Author technical documentation, user guides, and standard operating procedures (SOPs); deliver technical training and support to validation engineering teams.