Job Title: Hardware in the Loop (HIL Model Based Software Engineer - MATLAB Simulink

About Cognizant’s Mobility Practice:

Cognizant Mobility is the premier automotive engineering services division of Cognizant that is focused on smart connected vehicle engineering and software delivery. Our clients include well known Automotive OEMs and Electric/Autonomous Start Up Companies that leverage our automotive engineering expertise.

We are looking for talented engineers with backgrounds in Electrical and Computer Engineering for such roles as Vehicle Systems Engineering, Electrical Design and Release, High Voltage Wire Harness Design and Packaging, Embedded Software Development and Algorithm Research, AUTOSAR Model Based System Design, Validation, Hardware in the Loop Integration, Functional Safety, Vehicle Triage, SWAT and Launch Support, etc.

What you’ll be doing:

This position is for a HIL Model Based Software Engineer using MATLAB and SImulink. The position will support the creation of embedded software utilizing a Model Based Design (MBD) development approach in MATLAB. The position is responsible for software development, debug, and analysis, consistent with the software architecture for Automotive OEM vehicles and connected vehicles systems. The Software Engineer creates quality, bug free code and implements best practices in design and software modeling.

Responsibilities:

· Gathering requirements for HIL plant control model development.

o Discuss with feature owners and validation teams to capture the plant control requirements.

o Create the HIL plant control model implementation design.

· Developing vehicle plant control model in environment.

o Develop Stateflow and Simulink models from feature specifications.

o Feature validation in Simulink environment.

· Feature Validation.

o Validate the functionality

o Troubleshoot the issues using CAN tools like CANoe, CANAlyzer etc.

What you need for this position:

Required:

· Bachelor of Science (Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or Computer Science)

· Minimum 2 years of experience of modelling using Simulink and Stateflow required. A strong understanding of State flow is a must

· Experience verifying software to a process (e.g. CMMI / SPICE)

· Minimum 2 years of HIL Plant Control Modeling

· Minimum 2 years of Automotive domain experience required

· Minimum 2 years of experience in MATLAB Scripting

· Minimum 2 years of experience in CAN protocol

· Experience with standard scripting languages or programming languages

· Knowledge and experience in unit level and system level testing

· Adequate knowledge for reading schematics and data sheets

· Strong collaboration and communication skills is essential

· Experience in Agile development methodologies

Preferred:

· Automated testing in MATLAB, Simulink environment for a dSPACE HIL including ControlDesk and AutomationDesk.

· Python programming

· Experience using Vector tools, CANoe, CANAlyzer and automotive communication protocols like CAN/LIN/Automotive Ethernet

· ISO26262 Functional Safety Standards

· High Voltage Electric Vehicle System and Battery Knowledge