OBD Requirements Engineer – Generic Scan Tool Lead

Scout Motors • Novi, MI

2d • Onsite

About The Position

At Scout Motors, you'll shape the future of the road by joining our Engineering team, where bold ideas meet rigorous execution. You will work with brilliant minds across disciplines to turn complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This role is instrumental in shaping the perception of Scout as a brand and gaining peer admiration in the automotive industry by defining external diagnostic usability. You will lead the definition of OBD requirements related to generic scan tool access and behavior for Scout’s software-defined vehicle architecture. This includes creating and maintaining requirements for how external generic diagnostic tools interact with vehicle diagnostics, such as readiness status, DTC readout, freeze frame data, monitor information, and service access behavior. You will define the expected behavior of the diagnostic system from the perspective of a generic scan tool user, ensuring consistency, transparency, and compliance across vehicle programs. You will act as the key interface between diagnostics, systems engineering, aftersales, service engineering, software development, and validation teams for all scan-tool-related requirements. Ensuring requirements are clear, structured, testable, and traceable is crucial. You will align scan tool requirements with the new software architecture, including service-oriented communication paths, diagnostic gateways, central compute concepts, and domain responsibilities. Supporting the definition of diagnostic data accessibility, naming conventions, response behavior, and robustness expectations for external service tools, and working with test and validation teams to define acceptance criteria and test cases are key aspects of this role. You will also review software implementation concepts and diagnostic interface definitions to ensure external tool compatibility is maintained throughout development, and support issue resolution by analyzing diagnostic traces, service logs, and tester interactions. Partnering with concept and architecture teams to build a future-proof and scalable diagnostic strategy for service and aftermarket interfaces is also expected. This role is based in Novi, Michigan, requiring 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events. Occasional travel may be required.

Requirements

• Relevant degree such as a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Technology, IT Systems, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or Engineering Technology from an accredited college or university, preferably in electrical engineering, automotive engineering, or computer engineering
• 12+ years of experience in automotive diagnostics, diagnostic services, or requirements engineering, with strong knowledge of generic scan tool behavior and legislated OBD access
• Experience authoring and managing OBD requirements for external diagnostic tool compatibility, including support for generic scan tools, service tool access, and standardized diagnostic communication
• Strong understanding of legislated and customer-relevant diagnostic behaviors related to DTC visibility, monitor status, freeze frame access, readiness information, and serviceability
• Experience defining requirements in a modern software-defined vehicle architecture, including clear ownership boundaries between platform software, domain software, and diagnostic managers
• Familiarity with UDS, OBD service mapping, standardized scan tool interactions, and external tester compatibility
• Hands-on experience with requirements engineering tools such as Jama, DOORS, Polarion, and with validation / trace tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer, INCA, or similar
• Experience collaborating with software, systems, diagnostics, validation, aftersales, and service engineering teams to create scalable and user-oriented diagnostic requirements
• Ability to structure and write clear, testable, and traceable requirements for both internal development teams and external interface users
• Strong interpersonal skills including ownership, self-motivation, communication, attention to detail, and the ability to work in a truly cross-functional and global environment
• Motivated engineer wanting to help define next-generation diagnostic interaction concepts for modern electric vehicles

Responsibilities

• Lead the definition of OBD requirements related to generic scan tool access and behavior for Scout’s software-defined vehicle architecture
• Create and maintain requirements for how external generic diagnostic tools interact with vehicle diagnostics, including readiness status, DTC readout, freeze frame data, monitor information, and service access behavior
• Define the expected behavior of the diagnostic system from the perspective of a generic scan tool user, ensuring consistency, transparency, and compliance across vehicle programs
• Act as the key interface between diagnostics, systems engineering, aftersales, service engineering, software development, and validation teams for all scan-tool-related requirements
• Ensure requirements are written in a clear, structured, and testable manner and are traceable from concept through implementation, validation, and release
• Align scan tool requirements with the new software architecture, including service-oriented communication paths, diagnostic gateways, central compute concepts, and domain responsibilities
• Support the definition of diagnostic data accessibility, naming conventions, response behavior, and robustness expectations for external service tools
• Work with test and validation teams to define acceptance criteria and test cases for scan tool compatibility, usability, and standardized diagnostic access
• Review software implementation concepts and diagnostic interface definitions to ensure external tool compatibility is maintained throughout development
• Support issue resolution by analyzing diagnostic traces, service logs, and tester interactions during prototype and serial development
• Partner with concept and architecture teams to build a future-proof and scalable diagnostic strategy for service and aftermarket interfaces
• Be involved in other related tasks / activities as required

Benefits

• Competitive insurance including: Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with: An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including: 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior