The required knowledge and skills that should be provided to the novice developer, designing and testing the safety critical device in automotive industry using Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL), are presented in the paper. They should be available to the student finishing the MSc level of Electrical Engineering or Mechatronics that aims to seek the employment in the automotive industry. The development process is presented in short, together with the brief explanations of phases, which include some typical examples of written text in the documentation (requirements, test cases, etc.). The process follows the Automotive SPICE and focuses on the tip of the V-model. The presented text can serve as a useful information in the process of adapting the existing curriculum to the new occurring needs introduced by the new development and testing processes in industry.