At Tata Technologies we make product development dreams a reality by designing, engineering and validating the products of tomorrow for the world's leading manufacturers. Due to our continued growth we are now recruiting for a HIL Rig Model Engineer (NI VeriStand / VCOM) to be based at office in Warwick.
Our Embedded Systems Solutions department (ESS) encompasses all activities outlined under the Automotive SPICE (ASPICE) process framework, including systems engineering, software engineering, coding, and all levels of functional testing. Beyond core development, ESS also integrates critical supporting processes such as project management, risk assessment, functional safety, and cybersecurity, ensuring compliance with ASPICE standards and delivering reliable, secure, and high-quality embedded systems & solutions.
Role Summary:
We are seeking an experienced HIL Rig Model Engineer (NI VeriStand / VCOM) to develop, integrate, commission and maintain real-time models and vehicle communicate on simulations for automotive Hardware-in-the-Loop test environments.
The engineer will be responsible for developing and integrating plant and I/O models into NI-based HIL rigs, configuring NI VeriStand environments, and implementing vehicle network and Rest Bus Simulation using NI-VCOM.
Areas of responsibility:
- NI VeriStand & HIL Rig Integration
- Configure, develop and maintain NI VeriStand real-time HIL environments.
- Integrate plant models, I/O models, ECUs, sensors, actuators and communication interfaces into NI-based HIL rigs.
- Configure VeriStand System Definition files, real-time targets, simulation models, I/O mappings, calculated channels, alarms and procedures.
- Implement and commission NI PXI/PXIe, cRIO and associated NI hardware interfaces.
- Support rig commissioning, configuration management, upgrades and troubleshooting.
- Analyse real-time performance including CPU loading, model execution rates, communication timing, overruns and system latency.
- NI-VCOM & Vehicle Network Simulation
- Configure and integrate NI-VCOM / Vehicle Communication Software Suite with NI VeriStand.
- Develop Rest Bus Simulation (RBS) configurations for ECU and system-level testing.
- Configure vehicle communication databases including DBC, LDF and AUTOSAR ARXML.
- Configure communication interfaces, ECU nodes, frames, signals, cyclic transmission and network behaviour.
- Implement simulation of missing ECUs and vehicle network nodes.
- Configure and validate counters, CRCs, E2E-related communication behaviour and signal manipulation where required.
- Support CAN, CAN FD, LIN and Automotive Ethernet / SOME-IP communication.
- Troubleshoot VCOM configuration, database parsing, hardware interfaces and runtime communication behaviour.
- Real-Time Plant & I/O Modelling
- Develop physics-based and behavioural models for automotive systems using MATLAB/Simulink, Stateflow and Simscape.
- Develop plant and I/O models for:
- ePowertrain
- Electric motors and inverters
- Battery/BMS
- Charging systems
- Thermal systems
- Chassis and vehicle dynamics
- Sensors and actuators
- Prepare models for deterministic real-time execution within NI VeriStand.
- Perform model integration, parameterisation, verification and correlation.
- Optimise model execution to meet rig real-time performance requirements.
- Support model architecture and reusable model libraries across multiple HIL systems.
- ECU & System Integration
- Integrate ECUs with NI HIL environments.
- Configure ECU I/O, power supplies, signal conditioning and network interfaces.
- Develop and validate sensor and actuator simulation.
- Support fault insertion for electrical signals and communication networks.
- Perform ECU communication bring-up and debugging.
- Support diagnostic testing using UDS and DoIP where applicable.
- Analyse CAN/CAN FD/Ethernet communication using tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer and Wireshark.
- Troubleshoot ECU, plant model, network and rig-level integration issues.
- HIL Verification & Test Automation
- Develop and execute MIL/SIL/HIL verification scenarios.
- Develop automated HIL tests using Python, NI VeriStand APIs and MATLAB scripting.
- Implement automated stimulus generation, data acquisition and results analysis.
- Support automated regression testing.
- Develop fault-injection scenarios covering sensor, actuator and communication failures.
- Analyse test failures and support root-cause investigation.
- Generate test reports and maintain requirements-to-test traceability.
Key Competencies
- Strong analytical and systematic problem-solving capability.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex interactions across ECU, model, network, real-time target and HIL hardware.
- Effective collaboration with Controls, Systems, Software, Diagnostics and Validation teams.
- Strong documentation and configuration-management discipline.
- Ability to work independently within customer-facing engineering environments.
- Clear written and verbal communication
Knowledge, Skills & Experience:
Essential:
- Degree in Electrical, Electronics, Automotive, Mechatronics, Control Systems or a related engineering discipline.
- Strong, demonstrable Automotive HIL, system integration or model-based development experience.
- Strong hands-on experience with NI VeriStand.
- Hands-on experience configuring NI-VCOM for vehicle communication and Rest Bus Simulation.
- Strong understanding of NI real-time HIL architecture.
- Experience developing and integrating real-time Simulink plant models.
- Strong knowledge of automotive communication protocols, particularly CAN/CAN FD.
- Experience handling DBC and AUTOSAR ARXML communication descriptions.
- Good understanding of ECU signals, sensors, actuators and vehicle E/E architectures.
- Strong debugging skills across model, network, software and HIL hardware layers.
Essential Technical Skills:
HIL Platform: NI VeriStand, NI PXI/PXIe, NI Real-Time
Vehicle Communication: NI-VCOM / Vehicle Communication Software Suite
Modelling: MATLAB, Simulink, Stateflow, Simscape
Network Simulation: Rest Bus Simulation
Vehicle Networks: CAN, CAN FD, LIN
Automotive Ethernet: Ethernet, SOME/IP, DoIP
Databases: DBC, LDF, AUTOSAR ARXML
NI Interfaces: NI-XNET
Network Analysis: CANoe / CANalyzer / Wireshark
Automation: Python, MATLAB scripting, VeriStand automation
Validation: MIL / SIL / HIL
Configuration Management: Git / SVN or equivalent
Desirable:
- Experience with Automotive Ethernet and SOME/IP.
- NI-XNET configuration and troubleshooting.
- LabVIEW / LabVIEW RT / FPGA exposure.
- UDS and DoIP diagnostics.
- Experience with EV systems including BMS, Charging, EDU, inverter and electric motor control.
- Experience with dSPACE HIL platforms would be advantageous.
- Understanding of ISO 26262 and safety-related validation.
- Experience with Continuous Integration / automated HIL regression environments.
In return for bringing your expertise to our business we offer a competitive salary along with excellent benefits including:
- Pension Scheme - We match employee contribution up to 5% of salary
- 25 Days' Holiday
- Private Health Care
- Tata Jaguar Land Rover Privilege Scheme - up to 20% off new JLR vehicles
- Group Income Protection
- Health Assured - Employee Assistance Program
- Group Life Assurance
- Health Shield - Private Health Cash Plan
If you are passionate about bringing innovation to the projects you work on and want to join a global company, then this is the place for you.
Tata Technologies: Engineering a better world.
Tata Technologies would like to thank all applicants for their interest, each application will be reviewed against the set criteria for the role. We would like to advise that only candidates under consideration will be contacted. If you do not hear from us within 10 working days following the closing date it will mean that unfortunately your application has not been successful. We will however retain your details for any suitable future opportunities.