What are the responsibilities and job description for the Simulation Integration Engineer position at Katalyst CRO?
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate with stakeholders to define requirements, schedules, and deployment plans for simulation projects supporting virtual vehicle design, development, and validation.
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure timely delivery of simulation components.
- Integrate plant models and ECU models with controller software source code and perform virtual system verification against requirements.
- Develop, parameterize, and test virtual controller models for HWIO, RTOS, controller I/O, and other ECU behavioral models.
- Perform simulation correlation using experimental data.
- Create, maintain, and improve standard simulation architectures.
- Support released simulations through documentation, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Design, develop, verify, and execute automated test suites.
- Benchmark and evaluate next-generation simulation technologies and tools.
- Identify and standardize simulation engineering processes.
- Recommend process and architecture improvements.
- Work within the SAFe/Agile framework.
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, or Aerospace Engineering.
- 5 years of relevant experience.
- Experience with plant modeling tools such as GT Suite, GT Power, CarSim, and AMESim, including integration into co-simulations.
- Proficiency in MATLAB, Simulink, dSPACE/VEOS, ETAS COSYM, GMSim, and ECU behavioral models.
- Experience with embedded control software and architectures, especially AUTOSAR.
- Familiarity with automotive communication protocols: CAN, LIN, SPI, and Ethernet.
- Programming experience in C/C and Python.
- Experience leading complex projects with ambiguity.
- Strong teamwork skills and the ability to balance technical theory with practical limitations.