Senior HIL Test Engineer

Join the System Test Team based in Bristol as a Senior Hardware In the Loop Test Engineer and help us to achieve our mission of pioneering electric aviation.

What success will look like for you, as a Senior Hardware In the Loop Test Engineer?

As a Senior Hardware In the Loop Test Engineer you will be responsible for designing software solutions for Hardware in the Loop testing, data acquisition hardware and software, HMI, data recording, test automation and data compression. You will also support with requirements specification, validation, integration and verification of test rigs software applications and data acquisition systems.

You will be leading the development of various Human Machine Interfaces (HMI) and aircraft virtual panels and designing test automation and post data analysis automation applications to improve test campaign metrics. Additionally, as part of your role you will produce Technical Documentation to support the creation of certification ready test rigs.

You will be working with a variety of engineering teams and will work closely with Integration and Test Engineers during commissioning and operation of new test rigs.

The Senior Hardware In the Loop Test Engineer reports to the System Test IPT Lead and will be a key member of the system test team, supporting the continued development of our in-house expertise, specialist knowledge and capabilities.

What would we like you to bring.

We want you to be successful in your role and in order to achieve this, you will need to have completed either a Bachelor’s or a Master’s in Aerospace/Electrical/Computer Science Engineering (or equivalent) and have at least 5 years’ experience within aerospace/automotive engineering test campaigns, unit and system testing of hardware and associated software – preferably covering certification testing.

Ideally you will be experienced with design of software solutions for data stimulus, acquisition and data recording including its HMI. Using applications such as MATLAB/Simulink, LabVIEW, Python, JavaScript, C/C++. Good knowledge of Simulink is also essential.

Experience with data acquisition systems such as Speedgoat, National Instruments, RT-Opal or dSPACE and with GE Reflective Memory is a plus. Additionally, familiarity with CI/CD processes and proficient with tools such as git/SourceTree as well as knowledge of DO-330 software tool qualification/ DO-178 airborne systems software would be preferable.

Some of the desirable but not essential skills are: experience with UI/UX design for test applications and familiarity with Requirement Management tools such as DOORS, Windchill RV&S, Eclipse, JAMA.