We are CARIAD , an automotive software development team with the Volkswagen Group. Our mission is to make the automotive experience safer, more sustainable, more comfortable, more digital, and more fun. To achieve that we are building the leading tech stack for the automotive industry and creating a unified software platform for over 10 million new vehicles per year.

We’re looking for talented, digital minds like you to help us create code that moves the world. Together with you, we’ll build outstanding digital experiences and products for all Volkswagen Group brands that will transform mobility. Join us as we shape the future of the car and everyone around it.

Role Summary: The Senior Engineer, HIL Design, Hardware Integration Test Automation is responsible for the hardware-oriented design and bring-up of HIL benches, integration benches, harnesses, Interface Control Documents (ICDs), and lab automation used to validate CARIAD hardware platforms. This is a hands-on senior engineering role requiring extensive experience in HIL design, embedded hardware, wire harnesses, and system integration.

Requirements

and ICDs through lab evidence. The Senior Engineer also leads the hardware side of an AI-enabled integration lab, including the roadmap and implementation of AI-agent-based workflows, MCP servers, equipment interfaces, automated evidence capture, and test orchestration for hardware validation.

, ICDs, schematics, and supplier documentation into HIL test coverage, test procedures, hardware fixture needs, and automation

Establish configuration control for benches, harnesses, firmware/images, flashing steps, lab equipment, scripts, and test artifacts. Support DV/PV, EMC/ENV, manufacturing, and end-of-line readiness by ensuring the lab infrastructure can reproduce failures and verify corrective actions.

Responsibilities

: HIL Design, Hardware Integration Bring-Up Own HIL design for embedded automotive hardware platforms, including architecture, I/O mapping, signal conditioning, fault insertion, load/sensor simulation, safety interlocks, instrumentation, and bench readiness criteria. Design, bring up, and maintain HIL benches, integration benches, breakout boxes, load boxes, fixtures, harnesses, and lab stations used for HW/SW integration and validation. Lead board, ECU, and system bring-up across prototypes and revisions, including power, reset, clock, boot, flashing, communications, peripheral interfaces, and diagnostics.

Define bring-up plans, HIL readiness checklists, configuration baselines, and repeatable test setup documentation for lab execution. Debug complex hardware/software interface issues using schematics, ICDs, harness drawings, logs, instruments, and controlled reproduction steps. Wire Harness, ICD Test Infrastructure Ownership Create, review, and maintain harness drawings, pinouts, connector definitions, cable assemblies, and lab wiring documentation required for integration and HIL execution.

Own Interface Control Documents (ICDs) for bench and system interfaces, including electrical definitions, signals, protocols, timing, diagnostics, power states, and test coverage mapping.

Benefits

Define and implement MCP servers, APIs, or comparable tool interfaces for hardware testing, lab equipment control, bench state, test orchestration, artifact retrieval, and AI-agent operation. Develop AI-agent-based HW testing workflows for setup verification, instrumentation control, automated test execution, log capture, failure triage, evidence packaging, and status/report generation.

Sr Engineer, HIL Design, Hardware Integration & Test Automation