HIL Test Engineer - System Test

Summary

Glydways is developing an autonomous, carbon-neutral transit system designed to provide accessible, affordable, and sustainable mobility. The HIL Test Engineer will build, operate, and improve Hardware-in-the-Loop test capabilities, develop automated regression tests, analyze results, manage test configurations and data, and support system readiness and release activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) test plans, procedures, and automated test cases for integrated autonomous transit behavior
• Build, configure, maintain, and improve HIL benches, test harnesses, simulated interfaces, real hardware interfaces, network setups, timing synchronization, data acquisition, and test data management
• Translate requirements, operational scenarios, safety needs, and regression concerns into repeatable HIL tests with clear pass/fail criteria
• Expand automated regression coverage so system behavior can be tested earlier and more frequently before vehicle or track testing
• Execute and troubleshoot tests involving embedded controllers, vehicle subsystems, autonomy interfaces, communications, diagnostics, fault handling, and degraded-mode behavior
• Analyze logs, telemetry, traces, dashboards, and bench observations to determine test outcomes, identify anomalies, and support root-cause analysis
• Track HIL test failures from discovery through closure, including issue classification, impact assessment, regression scope, and verification of fixes
• Improve test automation, simulators, tooling, dashboards, data pipelines, and reporting workflows to increase coverage, repeatability, execution speed, and confidence in test results
• Support readiness reviews by preparing evidence on test environment readiness, configuration status, prerequisite completion, approved procedures, safety controls, and open issue disposition
• Collaborate closely with embedded software, autonomy, vehicle engineering, systems engineering, safety, quality, operations, and deployment teams
• Build lightweight tools, scripts, widgets, dashboards, or utilities when existing tools are not sufficient for the test work

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of experience in system test, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, embedded systems test, systems integration, product validation, autonomous systems, robotics, transportation, aerospace, automotive, medical devices, industrial automation, or other complex hardware/software systems
• Experience developing or executing integration-level or system-level tests, including scenario design, test procedures, acceptance criteria, execution, analysis, and reporting
• Experience working with complex electromechanical or cyber-physical systems that combine software, controls, sensors, networks, hardware, safety constraints, and operational procedures
• Ability to analyze logs, telemetry, traces, test data, and system behavior using tools such as Python, dashboards, log viewers, notebooks, or equivalent analysis environments
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and communicate technical risk, test outcomes, and blockers clearly
• Hands-on experience building, maintaining, or extending Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) benches, test harnesses, simulators, automated regression frameworks, or continuous integration-driven test execution
• Experience with embedded systems, controller testing, vehicle networks, diagnostics, fault injection, real-time systems, or hardware/software integration
• Ability to read, modify, or write C/C++ for embedded systems, test harnesses, or low-level debugging
• Experience with Python-based test automation, data analysis, dashboards, report generation, or practical engineering tools that made a test program more effective
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, automated transit systems, railway systems, robotics, aerospace, automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or other safety-critical mobility platforms
• Experience with requirements, issue-tracking, or lifecycle tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Systems Modeling Language, Jira, GitHub, or equivalent tools
• Working knowledge of safety, quality, or transportation standards such as EN 50126, EN 50129, EN 50716, ISO 26262, ASCE 21, National Fire Protection Association 130, or related standards

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical field
• 4+ years of experience in system test, Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing, embedded systems test, systems integration, product validation, autonomous systems, robotics, transportation, aerospace, automotive, medical devices, industrial automation, or other complex hardware/software systems
• Experience developing or executing integration-level or system-level tests, including scenario design, test procedures, acceptance criteria, execution, analysis, and reporting
• Experience working with complex electromechanical or cyber-physical systems that combine software, controls, sensors, networks, hardware, safety constraints, and operational procedures
• Ability to analyze logs, telemetry, traces, test data, and system behavior using tools such as Python, dashboards, log viewers, notebooks, or equivalent analysis environments
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across multidisciplinary teams and communicate technical risk, test outcomes, and blockers clearly

Nice to Haves

• Hands-on experience building, maintaining, or extending Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) benches, test harnesses, simulators, automated regression frameworks, or continuous integration-driven test execution
• Experience with embedded systems, controller testing, vehicle networks, diagnostics, fault injection, real-time systems, or hardware/software integration
• Ability to read, modify, or write C/C++ for embedded systems, test harnesses, or low-level debugging
• Experience with Python-based test automation, data analysis, dashboards, report generation, or practical engineering tools that made a test program more effective
• Experience with autonomous vehicles, automated transit systems, railway systems, robotics, aerospace, automotive Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, or other safety-critical mobility platforms
• Experience with requirements, issue-tracking, or lifecycle tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, Systems Modeling Language, Jira, GitHub, or equivalent tools
• Working knowledge of safety, quality, or transportation standards such as EN 50126, EN 50129, EN 50716, ISO 26262, ASCE 21, National Fire Protection Association 130, or related standards