HIL / SIL Technical Specialist
About The Position
Join a team dedicated to designing and producing armored combat and support vehicles. As a prime mover in ground force capabilities, this firm provides innovative solutions that ensure the safety and effectiveness of military personnel worldwide, focusing on durability, mobility, and performance. Responsibilities: Develop, integrate, and maintain HIL/SIL test environments supporting embedded systems verification Create synthetic driving and operational environments, including terrain, weather, lighting, obstacles, and vehicle position Develop and maintain real-time, physics-based plant simulations Design and implement signal conditioning, fault injection, and sensor/actuator emulation Develop and execute automated test frameworks and test executives Perform data acquisition (DAQ) across multiple interfaces, including: CAN, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, RS-232/422/485, SSI Discrete analog and digital I/O Integrate and support third-party test, simulation, and analysis tools Support embedded software test, verification, and validation activities Analyze and troubleshoot network, signal integrity, timing, and performance issues Technicial Expertise: Electrical & Electronic Engineering Digital Circuit Design: Signal conditioning, A/D & D/A, encoders, counters, digital filters (IIR, LP/HP/BP), isolation, control logic Analog Circuit Design: Analog signal conditioning, filter design, Nyquist sampling, aliasing mitigation, resolver/LVDT/thermocouple circuits Serial & Data Interfaces: RS-232, RS-422/485, CAN, MIL-STD-1553B, Ethernet, SSI, SPI, I2C FPGA Design: Sensor emulation, digital filtering, serial interfaces, high-speed logic control Microcontrollers: Custom embedded microcontroller application design Power Systems: AC/DC power design (3V, 5V, 28VDC, 120/240VAC), circuit protection, high-voltage safety Signal Analysis: FFT, noise analysis, frequency/duty cycle measurement, filter performance evaluation Cable & Harness Design Wire selection, sizing, insulation, EMI performance, thermal and mechanical constraints Shielding, grounding, and EMI mitigation Military connector selection (materials, contacts, keying, clocking) Cable fabrication techniques (crimping, soldering, strain reliefs) Signal integrity analysis (R/L/C effects, propagation delay, noise) Electrical Documentation Electrical schematics Single-line diagrams Cable and harness drawings Electrical layout drawings Networks & Data Buses Ethernet & TSN: Switches, time synchronization (PTP), reservation, CNC/CUC CAN Bus: Design, communication, and analysis Serial Networks: MIL-STD-1553B, RS-232/422/485, SPI, I2C, SSI Video Interfaces: RS-170, SDI, HDMI, DVI, VGA High-Bandwidth Buses: AFDX, PCI Express, Ethernet Military Vehicle Systems (Working Knowledge) Power distribution and integration Mobility systems Survivability systems Lethality systems
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (required)
- 10+ years supporting full lifecycle development and test of embedded or real-time systems
- Experience in military, avionics, or automotive systems
- Experience with embedded electronics architectures
- Experience testing embedded software using HIL/SIL methods
- Experience developing test applications in NI VeriStand, Vector CANoe, Simulink, NI TestStand, or equivalent
- Experience reading and interpreting electrical schematics
- HIL/SIL system development
- Signal conditioning and sensor/actuator emulation
- Simulation and data acquisition
- Network and protocol analysis
- Model-based design methods (e.g., UML)
- Familiarity with PCAP, PTP, PRP
- Working knowledge of MIL-STD-882E, ISO 26262, FACE
- Experience with military safety design and assessment per MIL-STD-882E
Nice To Haves
- Minor in Computer Science or Computer Engineering (preferred)
Responsibilities
- Develop, integrate, and maintain HIL/SIL test environments supporting embedded systems verification
- Create synthetic driving and operational environments, including terrain, weather, lighting, obstacles, and vehicle position
- Develop and maintain real-time, physics-based plant simulations
- Design and implement signal conditioning, fault injection, and sensor/actuator emulation
- Develop and execute automated test frameworks and test executives
- Perform data acquisition (DAQ) across multiple interfaces, including: CAN, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, RS-232/422/485, SSI Discrete analog and digital I/O
- Integrate and support third-party test, simulation, and analysis tools
- Support embedded software test, verification, and validation activities
- Analyze and troubleshoot network, signal integrity, timing, and performance issues
Benefits
- Accepted applicants will be eligible for benefits, including medical and supplemental insurance, and a 401(k) plan.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
