SW Engineer ( Diagnostic/CAN )

About the role

As a Software Engineer at Forvia Electronics (FCE), you will bring strong technical development expertise and software engineering skills to design, develop, and deliver enterprise-class engineering solutions for sustainable mobility technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop, prove, and document embedded software products and solutions, and support their design.
• Review and provide effort estimates for team tasks.
• Decompose team tasks into specific work items for development periods.
• Assess risk and priority, balancing tasks to ensure team success.
• Enable team members through clear communication, peer reviews, brainstorming, and coverage during absences or interruptions.
• Mentor software developers, engineers, and interns.
• Review code and unit tests of other team members.
• Provide product definition and high-level design support for team software products.
• Decompose high-level business requirements into component business requirements for development.
• Foster teamwork among software, hardware, mechanical, and quality assurance disciplines.
• Travel to customer engineering centers and minimal overseas travel for collaboration and training.
• Adhere to Forvia’s Code of Ethics and Code of Conduct.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a software engineering discipline (Master’s degree preferred).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in the automotive industry, preferably in electronics/software, or 3 years as a Software Engineer.
• Experience decomposing business requirements into functional specifications, design documentation, and use cases, including support documentation.
• Experience with AI-assisted development and code generation (e.g., Codex, Claude Code).
• Familiarity with state-of-the-art techniques for embedded systems development.
• Familiarity with automotive safety and cybersecurity requirements (e.g., ISO 26262, ISO 21434).
• Familiarity with in-vehicle communication bus protocols (e.g., AUTOSAR, CAN, Ethernet, LVDS) and related tools (e.g., CANalyzer, CANoe, CANdela).

Skills

• Ability to decompose business requirements into engineered solutions.
• Ability to incorporate non-functional requirements for maintainability, persistence, scalability, security, and performance.
• Ability to maintain architectural consistency with existing software products and design patterns.
• Understanding of embedded device programming.
• Ability to work in a multicultural, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to propose and support inspect-and-adapt processes for improving team performance and reducing cost of ownership.
• Ability to travel nationally and internationally to collaborate with global teams.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Strong collaboration, complexity management, and results-driven mindset.

Benefits

• Engaging and dynamic environment contributing to sustainable mobility technologies.
• Career development opportunities in a global automotive supplier with over 157,000 employees across 40+ countries.
• Average of over 22 hours of online and in-person training through FORVIA University (five global campuses).
• Multicultural environment valuing diversity and international collaboration.
• Commitment to CO2 Net Zero and sustainability, aligned with the Paris Agreement.

Forvia is a global automotive technology supplier formed by the merger of Faurecia and HELLA, with over 137,500 employees, including 12,000 R&D engineers across 40+ countries. The group focuses on innovation and integration for OEMs worldwide, with a strong IP portfolio of over 12,400 patents.