HIL Engineer — Huracan Rocket Engine

The role

The HIL Engineer will develop and operate HIL platforms to verify the Huracan cryogenic rocket engine. This involves connecting real hardware to real-time simulations, automating testing, and developing emulator hardware for sensors and actuators.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain the HIL test environment for the engine propulsion system
• Define and implement hardware and software architecture of the propulsion HIL bench
• Integrate real-time plant models into NI VeriStand and close the loop with the engine control unit
• Emulate and simulate sensors with flight-representative electrical characteristics
• Emulate or integrate actuators and power electronics as real hardware, electrical loads, or models
• Develop LabVIEW-based applications for desktop and real-time platforms
• Implement fault injection at the electrical and model level
• Support test execution, data acquisition, logging, and automated reporting
• Validate and correlate simulation models against component-level and engine test data
• Create and maintain technical documentation

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Control Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Hands-on experience building and operating HIL test benches for closed-loop control systems
• Proficiency in LabVIEW, including desktop and real-time application development
• Hands-on experience with NI VeriStand in real-time test environments
• Experience emulating sensors and actuators at the electrical level
• Familiarity with NI TestStand for test automation and execution management
• Solid understanding of test platform architectures, hardware/software integration, and real-time systems
• Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to write and integrate Python scripts

Nice to have

• Experience with LabVIEW FPGA
• Background in liquid rocket propulsion or in fluid and thermal system modelling
• Experience with fault-insertion hardware and FDIR verification
• Familiarity with ECSS standards or equivalent aerospace standards such as DO-178C
• Experience supporting engine or integrated system test campaigns

Benefits

• Relocation assistance is provided for those willing to relocate including visa sponsorship where applicable

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check

About the company

The Exploration Company is building spacecraft for humanity and is developing Huracan, a cryogenic rocket engine.