What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hardware in the Loop (HIL) - Development Engineer position at Phoenix Technical Solutions?
Title: Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Development Engineer
Location: Wabtec Freight, Erie, PA
Job Description:
The Hardware-In-Test-Loop (HITL) Development Engineer is responsible for all activities related to the development, maintenance, execution, and automation of HITL environments used for the validation of locomotive traction/propulsion, auxiliary systems, power electronics, and embedded control software. This role works closely with Drives Control, Systems, Software, and Verification teams to build comprehensive real-time simulation environments that support product development and validation lifecycle.
Responsibilities:
- Work cross functionally to identify and capture requirements to execute the full lifecycle development of HITL solutions.
- Define simulator I/O requirements, and specify interface mapping and signal conditioning based on system requirements and control architecture..
- Develop and release real-time simulation models for traction motors, power converters, energy storage systems, braking systems, and various locomotive/off-highway vehicle (OHV) sub-systems.
- Create automated test frameworks, write test scripts and sequences, design fault injection scenarios, and execute closed-loop control validation.
- Integrate new control software releases into active HITL platforms and update real-time plant models accordingly
- Maintain and update official HITL design documentation, test procedures, and platform configuration documents.
Desired Skills:
- Experience with Full lifecycle HITL Development, Architecture Design, Simulator Integration, and Platform Configuration.
- The ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Modeling and simulation abilities using (matlab, simulink, stateflow, and simscape power systems).
- Familiarity with hardware environments with OpalRT (or similar) real-time simulators, signal conditioning, and interface mapping.
- Advanced test automation framework development, test scripting, and Fault Injection Testing.
- Past experience managing test reporting, closing out design/verification reviews, and ensuring rigorous data traceability.
- Additional experience/knowledge with locomotive embedded systems design a plus.
Qualifications/Requirements:
Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Computer Science or a Technical Discipline with 3 to 6 years of related experience.
Benefits:
Phoenix Technical Solutions offers an attractive compensation and benefits package; including health, dental, vision, STD, LTD, Life, IRA with generous company match, paid holidays, vacation and more. Our global commitment to technological advancement offers opportunities for personal growth and development in a stable, supportive work environment.