Modelling Engineer

Title: Modelling Engineer
Location: Allen Park, MI
Type: Fulltime (Direct Hire) OR Long Term Contract

Job Description:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical/electronic engineering and/or related field
• This position requires a skilled and experienced engineer with experience in developing vehicle/system level plant models and tools using Matlab Simulink /Stateflow / Simscape
• Minimum 5+ years of experience in real-time controls plant modeling, mechanical or electro-mechanical components, or simulation for vehicle domains and subsystems
• Modeling of physical systems for HIL simulation in the following domains include (but not limited to)
• Vehicle Dynamics and Traffic simulation
• Electric machine/component simulation (e.g. for Hybrid vehicle applications)
• Basics of EV architecture and power flow
• Understands vehicle system interaction among all dynamic systems such as chassis, powertrain, ADAS, body, etc
• Hands on experience in Design, configuration, and application of dSPACE HIL simulators
• Ability to work independently on configuring of RTICANMM / BUS Manager.
• Good Knowledge and experience on Radar/LIDAR, camera sensor and I/O Systems
• Highly skilled in use of MATLAB/Simulink to understand the complex model and able to develop the virtual ECU (modeling/simulation/development)
• Hands on Experience on Vehicle Plant Model development for HIL testing in dSPACE ControlDesk for Simulation
• Should have strong Problem solving capability.
• Proven ability in developing plant models in Simscape (Battery, Motors etc.)
• Familiarity in developing vehicle plant models in Carmaker, Carsim, ASM or Dyna4
• Good understanding of MIL/SIL/PIL/HIL simulation methodologies
• Willingness to learn new tools and modeling methods

Roles and Responsibility :

• Work with cross-function team to identify plant model requirements for HIL/System Integration testing
• Support development of real-time Simulation Models using MATLAB/Simulink, Simscape, ASM, Carmaker, etc. for testing of integrated controllers using Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL)
• Design & Develop SW tools using M scripts/Python scripts to automate integration of closed-loop library models
• Interface with hardware, controls, and domain simulation teams to adapt their models for HIL closed-loop feature testing
• Work with requirement owners to establish validation metrics for plant models
• Validate component, sub-system or full system model against actual vehicle data from field
• Document and track modeling issues as appropriate
• Participate in triaging of model issues with various teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
• Implement performance improvements as well as improve model fidelity/functionality
• Develop software tools to help with process optimization
• Help with scalability of model for new and upcoming products
• Participate in the design of a world-class engineering effort to bring electric vehicles to a new level of refinement

Qualification:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering