OBD Requirements Sr Engineer – Mode Management
$130,000–$160,000 year
On-siteNovi, Michigan, United States
Job Summary
Own the definition of OBD mode management requirements for Scout's software-defined vehicle platform, ensuring monitors and diagnostic functions execute correctly within appropriate vehicle and system states. Define logic, interfaces, and requirements governing when OBD monitors are enabled, inhibited, suspended, resumed, or reset across all relevant operating modes. Specify how diagnostic behavior interacts with system states such as drive enable, charging, sleep/wake-up, limp-home, thermal protection, and software update conditions. Collaborate with architecture, software, controls, diagnostics, and validation teams to ensure consistent state management across domains and ECUs. Develop and maintain clear, testable requirements for state transitions, mode gating, monitor execution dependencies, and fault handling behavior. Support the derivation of system tests and validation scenarios that verify monitor availability and behavior across nominal and abnormal operating states. Analyze integration issues related to state transitions, monitor suppression, incomplete readiness, or unexpected fault behavior and drive structured resolution. Coordinate and contribute through prototype and serial development stages in terms of software availability, data analysis, technical alignment, and release readiness. Partner with systems architecture teams to define a robust and future-proof diagnostic operating concept for Scout's SDV architecture.
Required Qualifications
- Relevant degree such as a bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, Technology, IT Systems, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Controls, or Engineering Technology from an accredited college or university, preferably in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, or systems engineering
- 8+ years of experience in automotive software, controls, diagnostics, or requirements engineering, with strong exposure to mode management, state machines, and function orchestration
- Experience defining requirements for diagnostic mode management, including monitor enablement, execution preconditions, power modes, operating states, and fault reaction dependencies
- Strong understanding of how OBD behavior depends on vehicle states such as ignition / wake-up, charging, propulsion enable, thermal states, communication availability, and degraded operation modes
- Experience working in a software-defined vehicle architecture with distributed software functions, central coordination, and cross-domain state dependencies
- Ability to define and document mode logic in a structured and testable way, including state transitions, inhibit conditions, interlocks, and monitor availability conditions
- Hands-on experience with requirements tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion, and with validation / development tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, CANoe, INCA, or similar
- Familiarity with diagnostics, UDS/OBD concepts, control software development, and system integration in electrified vehicle platforms
- Ability to read and understand Simulink flow diagrams, functional logic specifications, interface definitions, and software architecture concepts
- Strong interpersonal skills including ownership, analytical thinking, systems mindset, communication skills, and proven ability to work in a cross-functional and global environment
- Motivated engineer wanting to create robust and scalable diagnostic behavior for next-generation electric vehicles
- This role requires 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events
- Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time
Desired Qualifications
- Relevant degree such as a bachelor's or master's degree in Engineering, Technology, IT Systems, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Controls, or Engineering Technology from an accredited college or university, preferably in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, or systems engineering
- 8+ years of experience in automotive software, controls, diagnostics, or requirements engineering, with strong exposure to mode management, state machines, and function orchestration
- Experience defining requirements for diagnostic mode management, including monitor enablement, execution preconditions, power modes, operating states, and fault reaction dependencies
- Strong understanding of how OBD behavior depends on vehicle states such as ignition / wake-up, charging, propulsion enable, thermal states, communication availability, and degraded operation modes
- Experience working in a software-defined vehicle architecture with distributed software functions, central coordination, and cross-domain state dependencies
- Ability to define and document mode logic in a structured and testable way, including state transitions, inhibit conditions, interlocks, and monitor availability conditions
- Hands-on experience with requirements tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion, and with validation / development tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, CANoe, INCA, or similar
- Familiarity with diagnostics, UDS/OBD concepts, control software development, and system integration in electrified vehicle platforms
- Ability to read and understand Simulink flow diagrams, functional logic specifications, interface definitions, and software architecture concepts
- Strong interpersonal skills including ownership, analytical thinking, systems mindset, communication skills, and proven ability to work in a cross-functional and global environment
- Motivated engineer wanting to create robust and scalable diagnostic behavior for next-generation electric vehicles
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