Embedded Software / Model-Based Software Development & Validation Engineer

Role: Model-Based Software Development & Validation Engineer

Location: Dearborn, MI (Onsite)

Duration: 6 months

Rate: $60/hr CTC or $54/hr W2

Role Overview

Seeking an experienced Model-Based Software Development & Validation Engineer to design, develop, and validate automotive control software using model-based design methodologies. The role requires strong hands-on expertise in MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, automated testing frameworks, and functional safety standards within an automotive ADAS context.

Must Have Skills

• Strong fundamentals and experience in model-based feature software development for automotive systems using MATLAB/Simulink/Stateflow, including strong understanding of solver configurations, sample time settings, and data dictionary management.
• Expertise in test case development and execution using MIL and SIL; experience using BTC and Simulink Test for automated test generation, executing back-to-back testing (MIL vs. SIL), measuring structural coverage (MC/DC), and utilizing formal verification methods to mathematically prove the safety and correctness of control logic.
• Good analytical, debugging, and technical documentation skills.
• Experience creating Simulink Test setups and writing functional/system test cases and scripting for automated execution.
• Exposure to model-based design workflows and continuous integration environments.
• Exposure to automotive ADAS domain knowledge.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Requirements Engineering & Interface Design: Translate vehicle-level requirements into software specifications and define ECU interfaces (I/O, calibrations, and network signals).
• Model-Based Algorithm Development: Design and prototype control algorithms and state-machine logic using MATLAB/Simulink and Stateflow.
• Model-in-the-Loop (MIL) Verification: Run closed-loop simulations with plant models, author functional tests in Simulink Test, and use BTC EmbeddedTester to generate automated test vectors and analyze model coverage (MC/DC).
• Automated Code Generation & ECU Integration: Generate production-grade C/C++ code from models using Embedded Coder, ensuring AUTOSAR architecture compliance and supporting integration into base software (BSW).
• Software Verification, Validation & Testing: Conduct back-to-back MIL vs. SIL equivalence testing and code coverage analysis using BTC and Simulink Test; own the triage and resolution of model-level bugs.
• Functional Safety & Standards Compliance: Design software to comply with ISO 26262 (ASIL) and MISRA C, maintaining strict bidirectional traceability from requirements to test cases.
• Configuration & Lifecycle Management: Manage models, data dictionaries (.sldd), and code in version control, packaging verified software increments for program milestones.

Stakeholder Collaboration

• With Systems Engineering — Requirement & Interface Alignment: Review high-level requirements for software feasibility, align on interface/signal databases, and map safety requirements to the software model.
• With Systems Engineering — Change Management: Conduct impact analyses on existing models and code when system-level change requests are proposed.
• With Verification & Validation (V&V) — Test Strategy & Sharing: Define virtual (MIL/SIL) vs. physical (HIL/Vehicle) test boundaries and share reusable test vectors/assessments from Simulink Test and BTC.
• With Verification & Validation (V&V) — Joint Debugging: Lead root-cause analysis of HIL or vehicle test failures to isolate and patch software bugs in the model.

Managerial Skills

• Highly proactive, ownership-driven, and technically hands-on.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Focused on continuous improvement and innovation in testing practices.
• Work with offshore engineers to deliver models with test suites.
• Participate in root cause analysis for software quality problems and software defects.