OBD2 Engineer / Lead

Tata Elxsi, Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tata Elxsi in Bengaluru seeks a diagnostic software engineer focused on automotive OBD2 validation for ECUs. You will validate diagnostics in vehicle, HIL or SiL environments, calibrate parameters, and create test specifications aligned with product and CARB requirements.

You will work with CAN, UDS, FlexRay, and tools like CANape, CANoe, CANalyzer, INCA, DOORS, Python, and DiagRA, contributing to issue analysis, root-cause investigation and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Experience validating diagnostics and OBD2 in vehicle, HIL, or SiL environments.
• Specification and certification of OBD2 requirements for ECUs.
• Calibration of OBD2 or diagnostics parameters for vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Validate all component-specific diagnostic and OBD2 requirements.
• Create test specifications and test plans aligned with product, customer, quality, and legal requirements.
• Perform component defect analysis.
• Validate diagnostic and DTC implementations in the SiL platform.
• Work as a fully contributing team member with independent planning and execution responsibilities.
• Apply own judgment to determine and execute courses of action independently after review.
• Troubleshoot issues quickly and support the team in root cause analysis.

Skills

OBD2 diagnostics validation

CAN

UDS

HIL / SiL testing

Root-cause analysis

Python

Diagnostics tools

Tools

CANape

CANoe

CANalyzer

DiagRA

CANoe DIVA

INCA

DOORS

Candela Studio

Job description

Tata Elxsi works with leading OEMs and suppliers in the automotive & transportation industries for R&D, Design and Product Engineering Services, right from architecture to launch and beyond. We bring together technologies that accelerate development & testing of connected autonomous and electric cars & off-highway vehicles.

Key Responsibilities:

• Validate all component-specific diagnostic and OBD2, OBDonUDS/ZEVonUDS requirements.
• Create test specifications and test plans aligned with product, customer, quality, and legal requirements.
  Perform component defect analysis.
• Validate diagnostic and DTC implementations in the SiL platform.
• Work as a fully contributing team member with independent planning and execution responsibilities.
• Apply own judgment to determine and execute courses of action independently after review.
• Troubleshoot issues quickly and support the team in root cause analysis.
• Propose ideas for process and efficiency improvements.

Required Skill Set:

Experience in:

• Validation of diagnostics and OBD2 requirements in vehicle, HIL, or SiL environments.
• Specification and certification of OBD2 requirements for ECUs.
• Calibration of OBD2 or diagnostics parameters for vehicles.

Knowledge of:

• Protocols: CAN, UDS, FlexRay.
• Topics: Diagnostics, OBD, CARB regulations.
• Automotive components: Transmission, Electric Drive System, Battery Chargers, HV Components, etc.
• Prior experience handling OBD2 certification with CARB and pre-PVE vehicle validation.
• HV validation on HIL systems and tools.
• Requirements management tools such as DOORS.
• Measurement Calibration Diagnostic (MCD) tools: CANape, CANoe, CANalyzer, Candela Studio, INCA, CANoe DIVA.
• Testing tools: Vector CANoe, DiagRA, Silver, Provetech, Python, TW.
• Knowledge of C programming language is an added advantage.