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Soft and Virtual ECU Engineer

Auburn Hills, USAOn-sitePosted 1 month ago

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Job type
Full-time
Work mode
On-site
Level
Senior
Department
Engineering
Experience
2+ years experience
Posted
Aug 13, 2026

About the role

Job Description:

  • Build your brand. Tell your story. Take advantage of a rare opportunity to start from the ground up and build something great.
  • Lead a fundamental transformation within the automotive industry.
  • Develop virtual test platforms (xIL) for next-generation vehicle controller testing, including soft and virtual ECU generation, toolchain and methodology, integration, open-loop and closed-loop testing, and deployment across ADAS/AD, Energy, E-powertrain, Body, Cockpit, and Connected Services domains.

Position Requirements:

  • Work within a global, software-driven engineering organization with an agile culture.
  • Apply a proactive quality mindset and test-first approach.
  • Collaborate with software development and test engineers from early design through validation.
  • Use MBSE, MBD, virtual and soft ECUs, and software verification and validation methods.
  • Advance virtualization technologies, troubleshooting, automation, methodology, continuous design verification, testing, and deployment in highly virtualized environments.
  • Apply agile methods for advanced ADAS and EV features.

Basic Qualifications:

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related engineering field.
  • 2 years of experience developing virtual test platforms (MIL, SIL, HIL) in automotive applications.
  • Experience with virtualization, co-simulation, and system integration toolchains, including dSPACE, ETAS, VVirtualTarget, QTronic Silver, Model.CONNECT, VDK, or Siemens tools.
  • Knowledge of CI/CD tools and methods.
  • Experience with model-based development tools such as MATLAB/Simulink.
  • Understanding of embedded software development, C, C++, AUTOSAR, auto code generation, Visual Basic, Python, or VB.NET.
  • Knowledge of CAN and analysis tools.
  • Familiarity with software version control.
  • Ability to troubleshoot and resolve platform issues.
  • Understanding of ECU architecture, software emulators, software debuggers, and ECU-level vehicle features.
  • Experience with a scripting language or test automation tool.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience testing in Linux, AUTOSAR, or Android development contexts.
  • Experience with ADAS, Ethernet interfaces and modules, GT Power, AMESim, ETAS-INCA, continuous integration, testing and deployment, model-driven testing, or dSPACE products.
  • ISTQB certification.

Responsibilities:

  1. Design and develop virtual test platforms (xIL) for next-generation vehicle controller testing, including virtual ECUs at various levels.
  2. Develop toolchains and methodologies for integration, open-loop testing, closed-loop testing, and deployment across automotive domains.
  3. Collaborate with software development and test engineers in agile teams from design through validation.
  4. Troubleshoot and resolve issues and automate the virtual ECU generation process within CI/CD methodologies.
  5. Advance continuous design verification, testing, and deployment in highly virtualized environments.
  6. Design and apply agile methods for advanced ADAS and EV features.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination. Selected candidates must successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening.