OBD Requirements Testing Sr Specialist

Scout Motors • Novi, MI

1d • $130,000 - $160,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is seeking a senior specialist to define and maintain testable On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) requirements and lead validation across its software-defined vehicle architecture. The role translates regulatory and system-level diagnostic concepts into validation criteria, test specifications, traceable test cases, and compliance evidence. It covers OBD monitors, readiness behavior, MIL activation, DTC setting and clearing, fault handling, and diagnostic communications.

The specialist develops and improves HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle-level test scenarios; reviews diagnostic implementations; analyzes test results and diagnostic data; and drives root-cause analysis and issue resolution. The role supports compliance readiness and certification, coordinates validation through prototype, pre-production, and serial development, and works across engineering and compliance teams to ensure requirements are testable and validation is robust. It also contributes to continuous improvement and mentors engineers in OBD validation practices.

The role is based at Scout Motors in Novi, Michigan and requires 4–5 days per week in the office, with occasional travel to company events. It is a full-time, exempt position with an initial base salary range of $130,000–$160,000 and eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Technology, IT Systems, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Controls, or Engineering Technology from an accredited college or university.
• At least 8 years of experience in automotive diagnostics, validation, systems engineering, or requirements engineering, with a strong focus on OBD testing, verification, and compliance.
• Proven experience defining testable OBD requirements and translating regulatory and system concepts into validation strategies, test specifications, and objective pass/fail criteria.
• Deep understanding of OBDII regulations, diagnostic monitor execution, DTC behavior, readiness states, MIL logic, fault detection, and emissions-related validation.
• Experience converting regulatory and system requirements into validation plans, monitor-specific test cases, acceptance criteria, and compliance evidence.
• Hands-on experience with HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle-level validation, including automated and manually executed diagnostic test scenarios.
• Proficiency with MATLAB/Simulink, ETAS INCA, CANoe/CANalyzer, CANape, and data analysis environments.
• Understanding of UDS diagnostics, freeze frame handling, DTC setting and clearing, fault memory management, and diagnostic communications over CAN and Ethernet.
• Experience with requirements and traceability tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion, including linking requirements to test cases, results, and release evidence.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills, including interpreting measurement data, MDF/BLF logs, diagnostic traces, and test reports and turning findings into structured issue resolution.
• Ability to read and understand Simulink models, control logic, software behavior, system architectures, and diagnostic specifications.
• Ability to work across systems engineering, calibration, software, HIL, vehicle validation, diagnostics, and compliance teams in a global, cross-functional development environment.
• Strong ownership, structured problem-solving, technical rigor, and communication skills, including the ability to drive alignment and closure without direct authority.
• Motivation to improve the robustness, maturity, and compliance readiness of next-generation diagnostic systems.
• Integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, a positive attitude, a growth mindset, comfort with change, flexibility in a fast-paced environment, and a collaborative approach.
• Must be at least 18 years of age to be considered for employment.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, or Systems Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Own the definition and maintenance of testable OBD requirements aligned with regulatory expectations and system-level diagnostic concepts.
• Translate OBD system requirements into validation criteria, acceptance conditions, and structured, auditable test specifications.
• Develop and govern test concepts for OBD monitors, readiness behavior, MIL activation, DTC setting and clearing, fault handling, and diagnostic communications.
• Maintain traceability from requirements through test cases, execution results, issue tracking, and release evidence.
• Coordinate test scope, coverage, execution strategy, and issue closure with HIL, validation, calibration, software, systems, and compliance teams.
• Lead the development and improvement of HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle-level OBD test scenarios, including fault injection, edge cases, degraded modes, recovery behavior, and regulatory drive cycles.
• Review diagnostic implementations for correct monitor execution, enable conditions, reaction behavior, and performance across relevant operating conditions.
• Analyze test results, diagnostic traces, logs, and measurement data to identify gaps, inconsistencies, false detections, missing coverage, and non-compliant behavior; drive root-cause analysis and resolution.
• Validate OBD behavior across nominal operation, boundary conditions, degraded states, startup, recovery paths, and production-relevant use cases.
• Support compliance readiness and certification through validation reports, readiness assessments, compliance documentation, and technical evidence packages.
• Coordinate validation planning, execution tracking, status reporting, and risk escalation across prototype, pre-production, and serial development phases.
• Collaborate with systems and architecture teams to design OBD requirements for testability, scalability, and efficient validation within Scout’s SDV framework.
• Improve test methods, validation processes, requirement quality, and diagnostic verification strategies.
• Trace faults and failures to requirement weaknesses, incorrect assumptions, software issues, monitor configuration gaps, or incomplete validation coverage.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices in OBD validation, requirement quality, and compliance-focused engineering.
• Perform other related tasks and activities supporting Scout’s diagnostic and regulatory objectives.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and income protection plans.
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of 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 bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave.
• Annual performance bonus program.
• Opportunity to build products and a company from the ground up.

What This Job Offers

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