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OBD Requirements Testing Sr Specialist

Novi, MI
OPEN JOB: OBD Requirements Testing Sr Specialist
LOCATION: Novi, Michigan, United States
BASE SALARY: $130,000 to $160,000
INDUSTRY: Automotive

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:
 
  • Own the definition and maintenance of testable OBD requirements aligned with regulatory expectations and system-level diagnostic concepts across software-defined vehicle architecture
  • Translate OBD system requirements into clear validation criteria, acceptance conditions, and structured test specifications, ensuring completeness, consistency, and auditability
  • Develop and govern test concepts for OBD monitors, readiness behavior, MIL activation, DTC setting and clearing logic, fault handling, and diagnostic communication behavior
  • Ensure full traceability from requirements to validation activities, including test cases, execution results, issue tracking, and release evidence
  • Partner closely with HIL engineers, validation teams, calibration engineers, software developers, systems engineers, and compliance stakeholders to align on test scope, coverage, execution strategy, and closure priorities
  • Lead the development and continuous improvement of HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle-level OBD test scenarios, including fault injection, edge cases, degraded modes, recovery behavior, and regulatory drive cycle coverage
  • Review and assess diagnostic implementations against requirements to ensure correct monitor execution, enable conditions, reaction behavior, and expected system performance under all relevant operating conditions
  • Analyze test results, diagnostic traces, logs, and measurement data to identify gaps, inconsistencies, false detections, missing coverage, or non-compliant behavior, and drive structured root cause analysis and resolution
  • Ensure OBD validation is robust across nominal operation, boundary conditions, degraded states, startup behavior, recovery paths, and production-relevant use cases
  • Support compliance readiness and certification activities by contributing to validation reports, readiness assessments, compliance documentation, and technical evidence packages for internal and external reviews
  • Coordinate validation activities across prototype, pre-production, and serial development phases, including planning, execution tracking, status reporting, and risk escalation
  • Work with systems and architecture teams to ensure OBD requirements are designed for testability, scalability, and efficient validation execution within SDV framework
  • Drive continuous improvement of test methods, validation processes, requirement quality, and diagnostic verification strategies to improve engineering efficiency and technical robustness
  • Support issue resolution by tracing faults and failures back to requirement weaknesses, incorrect assumptions, software issues, monitor configuration gaps, or incomplete validation coverage
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to best practices for OBD validation methodology, requirement quality, and compliance-focused engineering execution

REQUIREMENTS:
  • Bachelors degree
  • 8+ years of experience in automotive diagnostics, validation, systems engineering, or requirements engineering, with strong focus on OBD testing, verification, and compliance  
  • Proven experience defining testable OBD requirements and translating regulatory and system concepts into robust 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 concepts, and emissions-related validation expectations  
  • Strong experience converting regulatory and system requirements into clear validation plans, monitor-specific test cases, acceptance criteria, and compliance evidence  
  • Hands-on experience with HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle-level validation, including development of automated and manually executed diagnostic test scenarios  
  • Strong proficiency with engineering and validation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, ETAS INCA, CANoe/CANalyzer, CANape, and data analysis environments  
  • Good understanding of UDS diagnostics, freeze frame handling, DTC setting/clearing behavior, fault memory management, and diagnostic communication over CAN and Ethernet  
  • Experience with requirements and traceability tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion, including linking requirements to test cases, execution results, and release evidence  
  • Strong analytical and debugging skills with the ability to interpret measurement data, logs (MDF/BLF), diagnostic traces, and test reports and convert findings into structured issue resolution  
  • Ability to read and understand Simulink models, control logic, software behavior, system architectures, and diagnostic specifications  
  • Demonstrated ability to work across systems engineering, calibration, software, HIL, vehicle validation, diagnostics, and compliance teams in a global and cross-functional development environment  
  • Strong ownership, structured problem solving, technical rigor, and communication skills, with the ability to drive alignment and closure without direct authority  
  • Motivated senior engineer who wants to improve the robustness, maturity, and compliance readiness of next-generation diagnostic systems through disciplined requirements definition and validation execution 

If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please respond back and include the following:
 
  • MS WORD Resume
  • required compensation.
  • Contact information.
  • Availability
 
Upon receipt, one of our managers will contact you to discuss the position in full detail.


STEPHEN FLEISCHNER
Recruiting Manager
INTERMEDIA GROUP, INC.
EMAIL: sfleischner@intermediagroup.com
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevefleischner/