Waabi
Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) Team Lead
Pittsburgh, PA +1 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Aug 25, 2026
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
San Francisco, CA - Experience
- 7+ years in HIL, embedded systems test, or V&V for safety-critical systems, with demonstrated experience building HIL programs or labs from early stages.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
About the job
Leads Waabi’s Hardware-in-the-Loop program, building and scaling test benches and processes to validate safety-critical autonomous vehicle hardware and software before vehicle deployment.
What you'll do
- Own HIL strategy, architecture, roadmap, and execution across hardware and software teams; build a tiered HIL architecture for multiple vehicle platforms.
- Validate electrical, timing, and fault-handling requirements, including safety-critical fault injection and real-time measurements on hardware.
- Integrate HIL testing into CI and release workflows; lead the team and plan bench capacity, resources, documentation, and success metrics.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent industry experience.
- Hands-on experience architecting and building custom HIL platforms and using OTS systems.
- Knowledge of automotive interfaces and debugging, including CAN and automotive Ethernet; understanding of simulation and stimulation approaches.
- Proficiency in Python and test automation frameworks; experience integrating hardware tests into CI pipelines.
Nice to have
- Experience with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262 and real-time safety-critical systems.
- Experience with heterogeneous compute platforms, fault-injection hardware, load boxes, or autonomous vehicle programs.
Tools
CAN, automotive Ethernet, Python, ISO 26262, NVIDIA DRIVE
AI focus
The role supports autonomous vehicle technology by validating hardware and software for self-driving vehicles; no AI development work is specified.
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