Senior HIL Modeling Specialist (Automotive)

Location: Hybrid in Oshawa, Ontario; expected to report to the Oshawa site at least three times per week.

Salary: $115,300–$164,600 base salary per year.

Company

hirify.global develops automotive products and technologies focused on zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Own the lifecycle of propulsion thermal management plant models, including architecture, development, calibration, integration, validation, and maintenance.
• Develop and integrate real-time models for coolant loops, pumps, valves, heat exchangers, radiators, battery thermal management, and refrigerant systems.
• Optimize models for deterministic real-time execution through solver selection, fixed-step implementation, CPU-load management, numerical stability, and performance tuning.
• Design and integrate vehicle network interfaces and communication models using CAN, LIN, and automotive Ethernet.
• Integrate models with ECUs, sensors, actuators, electrical interfaces, and thermal hardware in an engineering laboratory.
• Perform structured root-cause analysis, collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams, and mentor model developers and HiL integration engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Aerospace Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least five years of experience developing and deploying real-time plant models with MATLAB/Simulink or an equivalent environment.
• Experience developing, integrating, and validating HiL models on dSPACE or comparable real-time simulation platforms.
• Strong understanding of controls theory, dynamic system modeling, real-time simulation, automotive systems, propulsion, thermal management, embedded controls, sensors, and actuators.
• Hands-on experience with automotive communication networks, including CAN/CAN FD, LIN, and Ethernet.
• Must work from the Oshawa, Ontario location on a hybrid schedule. GM does not provide immigration-related sponsorship for this role.

Nice to have

• Experience with dSPACE SCALEXIO and ControlDesk.
• Experience with propulsion or battery thermal management, HVAC, refrigerant, or heat-pump systems.
• Experience with thermal model calibration, model correlation, or MIL/SIL/HiL verification workflows.
• Familiarity with Lauterbach, CANoe, CANalyzer, VSpy, or ETAS INCA.
• Experience with Scrum or Agile development and technical leadership on complex HiL projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Paid time off, vacation days, holidays, and supplemental pregnancy, parental, and adoption leave.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision benefits with a health care spending account and wellness incentive.
• Life insurance for employees and their families.
• Defined Contribution Pension plan with company matching contributions.
• GM Vehicle Purchase Plan for employees, their families, and friends.