Associate Staff Engineer, UD Trucks

Job Description

Requirements 

• Total experience 4 years+ 
• Strong knowledge of automotive diagnostics, including UDS (ISO 14229), OBD-II, and diagnostic communication protocols.
• Hands-on experience in Diagnostic Content Development, Diagnostic Authoring, or Vehicle Diagnostics.
• Strong experience creating and maintaining diagnostic workflows, test sequences, troubleshooting procedures, and service routines.
• Expertise in ECU diagnostics, DTC (Diagnostic Trouble Code) analysis, and vehicle fault management.
• Hands-on experience with OTX, OTX Studio, Grade-X, or similar diagnostic authoring tools.
• Good understanding of ECU architecture, E/E systems, and automotive communication networks.
• Experience working with CAN, CAN FD, DoIP, J1939, or related automotive communication protocols.
• Familiarity with Vector tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer, and vFlash.
• Experience validating diagnostic functions and troubleshooting communication issues between diagnostic tools and ECUs.
• Proven ability to analyze diagnostic requirements and translate them into functional diagnostic content.
• Experience performing functional testing, validation, defect analysis, and production support.
• Good understanding of automotive embedded systems and software development lifecycle.
• Background in ECU software development, ECU testing, or validation is an added advantage.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and debugging skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with OEMs, engineering teams, validation teams, and service organizations.
• Experience working on commercial vehicle, passenger vehicle, or off-highway vehicle diagnostic projects is preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and enhance diagnostic content for vehicle ECUs and electronic systems.
• Create diagnostic workflows, troubleshooting procedures, and automated diagnostic sequences using OTX and related authoring tools.
• Analyze diagnostic requirements and translate them into functional diagnostic content.
• Support the implementation of diagnostic services based on UDS (ISO 14229), OBD-II, and other automotive diagnostic standards.
• Develop and maintain DTC handling logic, fault isolation procedures, and guided diagnostic routines.
• Validate diagnostic content using diagnostic tools, vehicle simulators, and test environments.
• Collaborate with ECU software teams, system engineers, validation engineers, and service teams to ensure diagnostic coverage.
• Perform diagnostic testing, defect analysis, root cause investigation, and issue resolution.
• Support vehicle communication diagnostics across CAN, DoIP, J1939, and related protocols.
• Utilize tools such as OTX Studio, Grade-X, CANoe, CANalyzer, and other diagnostic platforms for development and validation activities.
• Prepare functional specifications, diagnostic documentation, test reports, and user guides.
• Support production issues, change requests, enhancements, and diagnostic content updates.
• Participate in project planning, requirement reviews, testing activities, and release management.
• Provide technical guidance and best practices related to automotive diagnostics and diagnostic content development.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.