Transmission Control Software Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Hybrid role based in Milford, Michigan; expected to report to the specified location at least 3 times per week. Limited travel is expected, at less than 20%. No relocation benefits are provided.

Company

hirify.global develops vehicle technologies focused on zero crashes, zero emissions, and zero congestion.

What you will do

• Develop and refine embedded software control functions for transmission operation, shift execution, torque management, diagnostics, and feature performance.
• Translate system and algorithm requirements into software designs, implementation tasks, and verification activities.
• Design, implement, integrate, and maintain software using C, MATLAB, Simulink, and comparable embedded controls toolchains.
• Integrate transmission controls with vehicle-level and propulsion-system functions alongside calibration, systems, integration, and architecture teams.
• Execute unit, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, bench, and integration testing.
• Analyze issues, identify root causes, implement corrective actions, and communicate technical risks and design decisions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 2 years of experience in embedded software, controls development, or software systems engineering.
• Experience with C, MATLAB, Simulink, or comparable embedded control development tools.
• Understanding of transmission, propulsion, torque-management, driveline, or related vehicle controls in a hardware-software environment.
• Experience with requirements translation, software design, verification, troubleshooting, peer reviews, configuration management, and change management.
• Must be able to work in the United States without current or future immigration sponsorship from hirify.global.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in engineering or computer science.
• Experience with transmission or performance-oriented vehicle controls, calibration, data logging, and multi-controller feature integration.
• Familiarity with software architecture, diagnostics, functional safety, cybersecurity, software-defined vehicles, Agile development, CI/CD, or automated testing.
• Experience with INCA, VSpy, Vector tools, and SIL, HIL, bench, or vehicle verification.

Culture & Benefits

• Cross-functional collaboration across software, systems, calibration, platform, integration, and architecture teams.
• Focus on software reuse, documentation quality, test coverage, engineering standards, and continuous improvement.
• Employee benefits and total rewards supporting well-being at work and at home.
• Inclusive workplace focused on belonging and equal employment opportunity.

Hiring process

• Role-related assessments and pre-employment screening may be required.