HVAC Controls Design and Development Engineer

Responsibilities Design and development of embedded software for HVAC control modules. Duties include developing requirements, new software control strategies, addressing issues identified in the current software by using test‑driven development methods and production release of integrated software. In addition, Engineer will work in a collaborative team environment to update overall processes for improved software quality. Engineer will work with a global team of software engineers, calibration engineers, validation engineers, release engineers, systems engineers and hardware suppliers to meet program deliverables and milestones. In particular, he/she will be in charge of: directly reports to Engineer Lead; write and execute SIL (software in the loop) test cases; execute HIL (hardware in the loop) test procedure with real ECU on bench; collaborate with test engineer to define the correct vehicle setup for testing; road test real time HVAC control performance evaluation and calibration; off line data analysis for diagnosis and HVAC control performance improvement; collaborate with aerothermal to define correct climatic wind tunnel testing procedures; assist whole test execution in climatic wind tunnel tests, both in car or in control room; respect due dates for software releases; maintenance of the software specification and Lessons Learned creation; supporting the target achieving throughout all the vehicle development phases; supporting the team for the Harmonization plan; collaborating with NAFTA and with the other Regions’ counterparts for alignment on programs and evolution of the Best Practices (requirements), methods and tools; define software interface with suppliers; collaborate with ECU owner dept (EE) during the whole program lifetime; collaborate with PCC and other dept during validation phase; support Quality dept in issues definition and solutions, for whole program lifetime; supporting the VO team for cost reduction target achievement; Basic qualifications, experience, and knowledge Education: Electronic, Information Technologies, Automotive or Energetic Master Degree preferable Preferred qualifications Basic knowledge of any of these programming languages: Ruby, C, Python, Java Basic knowledge of model based programming in Simulink/Stateflow Basic knowledge about the automotive development process Specific knowledge of HVAC system highly preferable Basic knowledge of car diagnostic tools (DIAnalyzer, CDA, Canoe) Basic knowledge of electronic Basic knowledge of CAN Networks Basic knowledge of ECU calibration related tools (Vector Canape) Experience with version control repositories (GIT/SVN) #J-18808-Ljbffr Detroit Engineered Products