Specialist, OBD Integration Engineer (Automotive)

Location: Novi, Michigan, United States; 4–5 days per week in the office. Regular in-person meetings, company events, and occasional travel are required.

Salary: $110,000–$135,000 annual base salary, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

hirify.global is developing electrified, digitally enabled pickup trucks and rugged SUVs, including all-electric and range-extender powertrains.

What you will do

• Lead OBD function integration across software-defined vehicle architectures, ECUs, domains, and central compute elements.
• Coordinate OBD implementation across powertrain, energy, thermal, chassis, and body domains.
• Integrate and validate OBD monitors, diagnostic events, DTC behavior, readiness states, fault propagation, and vehicle-state interactions.
• Analyze vehicle data, HIL/MIL results, and network traces to identify and resolve system-level diagnostic issues.
• Define integration test scenarios covering edge cases, fault injection, and cross-domain interactions.
• Maintain traceability from OBD requirements through system integration and validation, supporting release readiness and future OTA and central-diagnostics capabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering, technology, IT systems, computer science, mechatronics, or a related field; electrical, automotive, or systems engineering preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in automotive E/E integration, diagnostics, powertrain, or software validation, including OBD integration across multiple ECUs or domains.
• Experience integrating OBDII functions, including monitor execution, DTC handling, readiness behavior, and cross-ECU communication.
• Strong understanding of software-defined vehicle architectures, centralized compute, zonal controllers, distributed systems, and cross-domain dependencies.
• Knowledge of UDS diagnostics, CAN/Ethernet communication, diagnostic event handling, and fault propagation.
• Hands-on experience with CANoe, CANalyzer, CANape, ETAS INCA, MATLAB/Simulink, trace analysis tools, and requirements tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build electrified vehicles and a company from the ground up around an iconic automotive brand.
• Medical, dental, vision, and income protection insurance plans.
• 401(k) program with employer matching and immediate vesting.
• 20 days of planned PTO, 40 hours of unplanned PTO, and 14 company or floating holidays annually.
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, plus paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, and military leave.