ADAS HiL Automation Developer
Ford Motor3 days ago
Dearborn, MI, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$83k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain Python and/or C++ automated test frameworks for ADAS software on ECU and bench targets.
- Create test libraries and utilities interfacing with embedded targets and vehicle networks including CAN, XCP, Ethernet/TCP/UDP, and diagnostics.
- Automate functional, robustness, timing, performance, reliability, and regression evaluation at component and subsystem levels.
- Develop SIL/HIL and bench workflows for hardware control, stimulus and response management, flashing/deployment, data collection, scheduling, and reporting.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and GHA with actionable pass/fail criteria and traceability.
- Build quality-assessment tooling for embedded services, middleware, sensor and feature interfaces, and ECU-to-ECU interactions.
- Convert high-value manual test scenarios into stable automated coverage and reduce test cycle time and flakiness.
- Perform root-cause analysis using logs, traces, and network captures and collaborate with feature teams to resolve defects.
- Contribute to code reviews, test design reviews, documentation, framework improvements, and lab infrastructure improvements.
- Influence test strategy and coverage planning for stability, scalability, and long-term quality goals.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of software development and/or test automation experience using Python and/or C++.
- Experience building automated tests that interact with embedded targets, hardware benches, or networked devices.
- Experience with HIL, SIL, bench testing, and test orchestration including hardware control, flashing/deployment, data collection, and scheduling.
- Experience with automotive communication and measurement protocols or tools including CAN, XCP, UDS, DoIP, TCP/IP, and UDP.
- Ability to debug complex failures using logs, traces, and systematic triage.
- Experience with QNX or embedded Linux and embedded software integration concepts.
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills in an Agile environment.
- Preferred: CI/CD and DevOps experience with Jenkins, Git/GitHub, artifact/version management, and Docker.
- Preferred: automated testing frameworks such as PyTest, test reporting, and dashboarding.
- Preferred: familiarity with ADAS features and sensing technologies including camera, radar, ultrasonic, and LiDAR.
- Preferred: experience integrating automation with TestRail, JIRA, test case management, and defect tracking systems.
- Preferred: ability to build stable lab automation that handles intermittency, hardware dependencies, and test flakiness.
- Preferred: experience collaborating with suppliers and multi-site teams on interface definitions and acceptance criteria.
Benefits
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage.
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, and subsidized backup childcare.
- Family-building benefits including adoption and surrogacy reimbursement and fertility treatments.
- Vehicle discount programs for employees and family members and management leases.
- Tuition assistance and active employee resource groups.
- Paid time off for individual and team community service.
- Paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, plus vacation time and the option to purchase additional vacation.
- Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite work four days per week for candidates within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
About Ford Motor
Ford Motor Company designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, SUVs, and commercial vehicles for consumers and businesses, and provides financing through Ford Credit. A public company headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan and listed on the NYSE, it operates globally under the Ford and Lincoln brands, including electric and connected vehicles such as the F‑150 Lightning and Mustang Mach‑E. Founded in 1903, it also offers software-driven fleet, mobility, and aftersales services.