Principal Model-Based Design Engineer

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or a closely related technical field
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience within manufacturing, physical product development, automotive, aerospace, industrial, or another complex engineering environment
• Significant experience with model-based design/model-based development methodologies
• Strong experience developing or implementing engineering standards, methodologies, processes, or frameworks
• Deep verification and validation (V&V) experience, including establishing methodologies for validating models and engineering solutions
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink or comparable modeling and simulation tools
• Strong mathematical, statistical, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities
• Demonstrated experience taking an engineering methodology or program from development through implementation and adoption
• Experience influencing engineers and technical stakeholders across multiple teams or business units
• Proven career progression with increasing technical leadership and organizational responsibility Ability to drive change management and adoption within an established engineering organization

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Advanced degree in Engineering or related discipline
• Deep expertise with MATLAB/Simulink
• Experience with MIL, SIL, HIL, simulation, virtual validation, or other model-based V&V methodologies
• Experience creating enterprise-wide modeling, simulation, verification, or validation standards
• Experience leading a transition from traditional/manual engineering processes to model-based development
• Experience developing training, documentation, governance, or best practices for engineering organizations
• Experience operating within a center of excellence, centralized engineering, systems engineering, or enterprise technical leadership organization Background working across multiple product lines or engineering disciplines

Job Description

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Model-Based Design Engineer for a top global manufacturing and product-development client. This individual will serve as a central technical leader responsible for developing and scaling the organization's model-based design methodology across engineering teams and product groups. The role will establish standards for modeling, simulation, verification, and validation while creating repeatable processes that engineers can consistently apply throughout the product-development lifecycle. The ideal candidate combines deep model-based engineering expertise with strong V&V capabilities, engineering leadership, and demonstrated experience introducing new technical methodologies and driving adoption across complex organizations.

Day-to-Day

• Define and lead the broader model-based design strategy and methodology across engineering organizations
• Develop standardized processes, protocols, and best practices for modeling and simulation
• Establish verification and validation methodologies engineers can consistently follow across products and programs
• Define governance standards around how models are developed, reviewed, documented, validated, and ultimately utilized
• Partner with engineering teams across different business units to implement model-based development practices
• Evaluate existing engineering workflows and identify opportunities to replace or improve manual processes through modeling and simulation
• Ensure model-based methodologies can support multiple engineering disciplines, including teams responsible for embedded controls
• Develop documentation, training, and technical guidance to ensure standards are consistently understood and applied
• Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership around model-based development and validation
• Drive organizational adoption and change management, working through resistance and helping engineering teams transition to new methodologies Collaborate with engineering leadership to continuously improve the organization's model-based engineering capabilities