ADAS HiL Automation Developer
Ford Motor16 hours ago
Dearborn, MI, USA or Sunrise, FL, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor
Base Salary
$83k - $160k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated Python and/or C++ 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 testing at component and subsystem levels.
- Develop SIL/HIL and bench workflows for test orchestration, stimulus and response control, data capture, and result reporting.
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines such as Jenkins and GitHub Actions with actionable pass/fail criteria and traceability.
- Build quality-assessment tooling across 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.
- 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 improvement, and lab infrastructure.
- Help shape test strategy and coverage planning for stability, flakiness reduction, and scalability across benches.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
- At least three 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, or bench testing, including hardware control, flashing/deployment, data collection, and test 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 and/or embedded Linux and embedded software integration concepts.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in an Agile environment.
- Preferred experience with Jenkins, Git, GitHub, artifact and version management, Docker, PyTest, test reporting, and dashboarding.
- Preferred familiarity with ADAS features and sensing technologies including cameras, radar, ultrasonic sensors, LiDAR, and subsystem interactions.
- Preferred experience integrating automation with TestRail, JIRA, test case management, and defect tracking systems.
- Ability to build stable lab automation that handles intermittency, hardware dependencies, and test flakiness.
- Experience collaborating with suppliers and multisite teams on interface definitions and deliverable 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 expense 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, paid time off, and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
- Hybrid work arrangement with candidates expected onsite four days per week when within commuting distance of a Ford hub location.
- Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
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.