Lead Engineer - ME Integration (Automotive)

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States; 4-5 days per week in the office. Regular in-person meetings, events, and business travel are required.

Base salary: $160,000-$192,500 annually, plus eligibility for an annual performance bonus.

Company

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

What you will do

• Lead integration of vehicle software and ECU systems into manufacturing and production environments.
• Develop workflows for ECU flashing, calibration deployment, secure software installation, VIN-based configuration, and factory diagnostics.
• Integrate body, gateway, infotainment, ADAS, connectivity, powertrain, electrification, and central compute systems.
• Design automated testing for firmware validation, release readiness, configuration verification, regression, flashing, and rollback.
• Validate network topology, gateway routing, signal databases, bandwidth, bus loading, and vehicle communication across CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, and Automotive Ethernet.
• Own system-level regression planning, root cause analysis, release gates, and integration support during DV/PV builds.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field, with 12+ years of experience.
• Strong knowledge of vehicle E/E architecture, ECU software stacks, automotive communication protocols, UDS diagnostics, and diagnostic tools.
• Expertise with Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, Artifactory, and ALM/PLM tools such as Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Gen, or PTC Windchill.
• Experience developing and verifying plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for hardware-in-the-loop environments, including dSPACE ControlDesk and AutomationDesk.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS, CANalyzer, and CANoe.
• Strong system-level thinking, structured problem solving, technical arbitration, and milestone ownership in high-pressure launch environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to build 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 match 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, and military leave.