Senior Specialist, Vehicle Systems

Scout Motors • Charlotte, NC

16h • $140,000 - $170,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Scout Motors is reviving an iconic American vehicle brand, electrifying and digitizing it with American innovation. The company emphasizes exploration, caretaking, and hard work, aiming to create vehicles suitable for various environments. Scout Motors is committed to empowering its teams to innovate and is looking for visionary, collaborative, and passionate individuals to shape the future of transportation.

This role is for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) with deep expertise in System/Architecture Requirements, Electrical Integration, and Embedded Software Integration for modern vehicle platforms. The TPM will combine technical understanding with program leadership to ensure seamless integration of ECUs, networks, and software stacks, meeting all functional, safety, and quality requirements. The role involves driving vehicle-level system integration, coordinating software releases, ECU hardware maturity, diagnostics, validation, and compliance. Collaboration with software engineers, systems engineers, validation teams, and suppliers is key. Proficiency in Jira/Confluence/Dashboarding is required to track progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/ Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 8+ yrs of experience.
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks, automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools
• Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for execution in hardware in the loop test environment, dSpace control desk and automation desk
• Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering, result/solution oriented.
• Familiarity with SW for embedded systems, EE systems and architecture
• Familiarity with A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS communication protocols and Vehicle Network tools, such as CANalyzer, CANoe, etc.
• Expertise with complex problem solving, data analysis, access/interpret/drive results with extended teams.
• Knowledge of Automotive design and development process, system requirements, and general engineering best practices

Nice To Haves

• Deep expertise in System/Architecture Requirements, Electrical Integration, and Embedded Software Integration for modern vehicle platforms.
• Deep expertise of Jira/Confluence/ Dashboarding to drive progression of work.
• Experience with dSPACE, Vector CANoe/CANalyzer, ETAS LABCAR, or NI Veristand.
• Experience with Git, SVN, or PTC tools for change management and version control.
• Experience with ISO 26262 compliance requirements.
• Experience with FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and DFMEA closure.

Responsibilities

• Drive early System-V requirement development and deliverables for Software Defined Vehicle feature/functions
• Drive Requirement/EE/SW integration activities for prototype, pre-production, and production builds.
• Manage ECU-level and network-level integration issues across CAN, LIN, FlexRay, and Automotive Ethernet.
• Ensure bootloader, flashing, and software update processes (OTA or UDS-based) are fully validated.
• Oversee network bring-up, diagnostics verification, and DTC (Diagnostic Trouble Code) testing.
• Align interface control documents (ICDs), network description files (DBC, LDF, FIBEX, ARXML), and ensure configuration consistency.
• Review ECU software release notes to confirm feature completeness and backward compatibility.
• Coordinate SIL (Software-in-the-Loop), HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop), and full vehicle integration testing.
• Drive test automation and regression coverage for system-level functionality using tools such as dSPACE, Vector CANoe/CANalyzer, ETAS LABCAR, or NI Veristand.
• Ensure test results are traceable to system and software requirements.
• Track power consumption, network load, wake-up/sleep, and timing analysis during integration phases.
• Own open issue dashboards (JIRA, ALM, or similar) and ensure clear root cause tracking with engineering teams.
• Support change management and version control (Git, SVN, or PTC tools) to maintain ECU software integrity.
• Validate that ASIL-level software components meet ISO 26262 compliance requirements.
• Coordinate FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and DFMEA closure for integration-related issues.
• Interface with EE design teams, SW developers, calibration engineers, and supplier integration teams to align dependencies.
• Communicate integration readiness metrics (flash status, network stability, regression pass rates) to leadership.
• Prepare gate review documentation, highlighting technical maturity and open risk items before release.

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
• Pay Transparency
• Eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program.

What This Job Offers

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