HIL model and integration engineer

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.
Since 1927, we have been a brand known for our commitment to safety, creating innovative cars that make life less complicated for our consumers. In 2010, we decided to transform our business, resulting in a totally new generation of cars and technologies, as well as steady growth and record sales. Today, we’re expanding our global footprint in Europe, China and the US, and we’re on the lookout for new talent.
We are constantly pushing our own skills and abilities to drive change in the automobile industry like never before. We are looking for innovative, committed people to join us in this endeavour and create safe, sustainable and connected cars. We believe in the power of people and will challenge and support you to reach your full potential. Join us and be part of Volvo Cars’ journey into the future.

You will be part of an HIL Development team in the eART Software Factory within the Product Stream Electric Propulsion. You will be a member of a truly international team designing HIL test-environments for production software testing. Meaning the HIL models you will create are crucial for testing electrical propulsion ECUs used in the Traction Battery, Charging, and Electric Drive Systems.

What you’ll do
We take a giant leap into the future by launching a capable centralized compute platform, hosting most of the in-house developed SW. In these next-generation vehicles, we are building a computer-in-the-car architecture. 

The Propulsion & Energy unit is located at Gothenburg and Shanghai. This department has an Enabling ART (Agile Release Train) within Electric Propulsion, with the purpose of providing the infrastructure for SW development teams to integrate, test, and release SW in a continuous integration (CI) flow. The infrastructure includes the development and maintenance of Hardware-in-Loop setups for development, verification, and validation of software products. We do this by building a robust and automated test framework and enabling SW test & release in a CI flow.

We are looking for our future team members to develop, validate, and maintain Model-Based Hardware in Loop setups that are intended for software functionality verification on embedded systems. The embedded test setups are built around the above-mentioned Propulsion & Energy architecture. These setups are a combination of simulated vehicle components and real hardware components to emulate a real vehicle with all the relevant dynamics. Our team(s) are responsible for the development and maintenance of these embedded setups (hardware-in-loop), while making sure that these setups are capable of executing relevant test cases for platform, software, and function verification. These are state-of-the-art test setups, critical for testing software before the final product is launched. Hence, you will be working in a fast-paced, innovative environment, solving problems and challenges daily.

We offer you to work in a small cross-functional team, with a high focus on quality and continuous improvements. Together with your colleagues, you will define, set up, and configure these test environments supporting our current and future projects. You will be working with Software application and deployment on core computer and embedded ECUs, model the relevant components and signals and enable test automation, moving us towards Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Together with us, you will grow your competence and get a broad understanding of Volvo Cars Next Generation Vehicles and Software Platform along with domain growth in Propulsion & Energy. You will work closely with other groups at Volvo Cars, our suppliers and get the opportunity to create a wide network.

Do you fit the profile? 
You will fit well in this role if you are a Modeling and Simulation Engineer focusing on model-based development on HIL test beds and an understanding of Software Verification cycles correlated to Model Based Development (SIL, HIL, VIL and Test Track)
We believe you are an individual who is motivated by challenging tasks in a complex and innovative environment. Execution of challenging technology development and teamwork is your real passion. You enjoy learning from others, as well as sharing your knowledge with your colleagues and are social, structured, analytical, and a problem solver.

You and your skills
We see that you have a B.Sc. or M.Sc. in SW Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with emphasis on SW development. You have extensive experience in either dynamic modeling using Matlab/Simulink or test automation. Experience from an Agile working environment and from Continuous Integration is beneficial.
You are fluent in English.
* Software/Model development (python, Matlab/Simulink)
* Experience with HIL systems and real-time simulation
* Experience in Continuous Integration
* dSPACE toolchain (ConfigurationDesk, AutomationDesk, ControlDesk,...)
* Knowledge about Electric Motors, Power Electronics and Traction Battery technology
* Software testing
* CAN and Automotive Ethernet communications


Meritorious:
* Experience from SW platform development, including middleware.
* Knowledge in Electric Propulsion simulation
* Knowledge in integration of sensor technologies 
* Verification in vehicles at system or functional level or experience from test automation
* Experience in Core, Domain development/testing.
* Driving License ‘B’