Specialist, OBD Integration Engineer

What you’ll do

• Lead the integration of OBD functions across the software-defined vehicle architecture, ensuring consistent behavior across ECUs, domains, and central compute elements
• Cook up the implementation of OBD requirements across powertrain, energy, thermal, chassis, and body domains, ensuring alignment of diagnostic concepts and system behavior
• Make sure OBD monitors, diagnostic events, vehicle states, and system-level conditions interact correctly, including during startup, driving, charging, and degraded modes
• Integrate and validate Diagnostic Trouble Codes (DTC) behavior, fault propagation, readiness states, and diagnostic consistency across distributed systems
• Collaborate closely with OBD system engineers, requirements engineers, software teams, controls engineers, and validation teams to ensure correct end-to-end implementation
• Analyze system-level diagnostic issues using vehicle data, HIL/MIL results, and network traces, and drive root-cause identification and resolution
• Support development and validation teams in defining integration test scenarios, including edge cases, fault injection, and cross-domain interactions
• Ensure traceability from OBD requirements to system integration and validation results, supporting release readiness and quality gates
• Identify integration gaps, inconsistencies, or architectural limitations and propose robust and scalable solutions
• Participate in vehicle integration phases, including prototype builds, test campaigns, and software release validation
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration processes, diagnostic workflows, and cross-domain collaboration models
• Partner with architecture teams to ensure OBD integration supports future SDV capabilities such as OTA updates, central diagnostics, and scalable platform evolution

What you’ll bring

• A relevant degree such as a bachelor’s or master’s in Engineering, Technology, IT Systems, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or Engineering Technology from an accredited college or university, preferably in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, or systems engineering
• 5+ years of experience in automotive E/E integration, diagnostics, powertrain, or software validation, with strong exposure to OBD system integration across multiple ECUs/domains
• Proven experience integrating OBDII diagnostic functions into vehicle architectures, including monitor execution, DTC handling, readiness behavior, and cross-ECU communication
• A solid understanding of software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures, including centralized compute, zonal controllers, and service-oriented communication
• Experience working with distributed systems and cross-domain dependencies, including powertrain, thermal management, energy management, and vehicle state control
• Solid knowledge of UDS diagnostics, CAN/Ethernet communication, diagnostic event handling, and fault propagation across systems
• Hands-on experience with tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer, CANape, ETAS INCA, MATLAB/Simulink, and trace/log analysis tools
• Experience working with requirements and change management tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex system interactions and identify root causes in integrated environments
• The ability to read and understand system architectures, software interface specifications, network definitions, and functional descriptions
• Strong interpersonal skills including ownership, structured communication, teamwork, and the ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams
• A motivated engineer wanting to work at the cutting edge of SDV and diagnostic integration for next-generation electric vehicles