Job Title

The primary purpose of this role is to develop, deploy, verify and maintain high-quality real-time Simulink plant models to strengthen the team’s modelling capability and thus enable accurate, robust Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) testing.

This role will deliver models that run deterministically in real time and integrate external plant modelling solutions where appropriate such as GT-Power and dSPACE ASM. Plant modelling at McLaren Automotive is critical to the development of high-performing vehicles, enabling accurate and robust HIL testing across our sophisticated systems. Working in close collaboration with software validation engineers, controls developers, and vehicle development teams, this role focuses on ensuring our HIL test environments accurately represent vehicle behaviours across complex systems including Hybrid Powertrains, Transmissions, Chassis Control, and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.

What You'll Do

• Develop, validate and maintain real-time plant models in Simulink that execute deterministically for HIL deployment across vehicle systems.
• Apply classical plant modelling fundamentals (control/physical system modelling, signal conditioning, discretisation, stability and robustness considerations) to produce credible plant behaviour that meets test objectives.
• Integrate and configure external plant model components such as GT-Power and dSPACE ASM, ensuring correct interfaces, parameterisation and real-time performance.
• Perform model verification against requirements and data, support correlation activities, and manage datasets and parameters with appropriate version control.
• Work closely with validation, test engineers and HIL rig owners to ensure models meet use cases, are deployable and are straightforward to operate.
• Produce accurate documentation and maintain models to engineering standards, ensuring traceability and quality throughout the development lifecycle.
• Support continuous improvement of modelling processes, tools and methodologies to enhance throughput and quality of real-time plant models available to HIL users.