Automotive ECU Functional Specs Engineer – Bluetooth/NFC

Tata Consultancy Services; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual incentive

Medical coverage

Parental leaves

401K plan

Certification & training reimbursement

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in Dearborn, MI is seeking a seasoned automotive requirements engineer to decompose vehicle/system requirements into clear ECU-level specifications for supplier implementations. You will collaborate with OEMs and suppliers, and manage traceability across validation artifacts and release documentation.

Knowledge of CAN, BLE, NFC, and ECU interfaces is essential. Base salary range is $110,000 to $140,000 USD per year, with potential incentives and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in automotive embedded systems, ECU software, requirements engineering, or functional specification development.
• Strong knowledge of automotive development lifecycle, software releases, and agile execution.
• Understanding of Bluetooth protocols/profiles such as BLE, Classic Bluetooth, GATT, GAP, pairing, bonding, advertising, scanning, and secure communication for Bluetooth Module ECU applications.
• Understanding of NFC concepts such as reader/card emulation, tag detection, pairing/handshake flows, authentication, secure access, and diagnostics for NFC Module ECU applications.
• Ability to write clear, testable, supplier-ready specifications covering logic, flows, data, and interfaces.
• Strong communication skills for OEM, supplier, validation, and stakeholder coordination.
• Experience with requirement management tools such as JAMA, DOORS, Polarion, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with JIRA for backlog, sprint, defect, and dashboard management.
• Working knowledge of GitHub or similar version control tools.
• Understanding of CAN communication, ECU interfaces, diagnostics, and body/connectivity features.

Responsibilities

• Decompose vehicle/system requirements into clear ECU-level requirements for supplier implementation.
• Develop and maintain functional specifications aligned with software releases and sprint commitments.
• Maintain traceability across requirements, validation artifacts, and release documentation.
• Manage JIRA tickets for requirements, defects, sprint planning, validation status, and release readiness.
• Collaborate with OEM teams, suppliers, and stakeholders to resolve clarifications, design gaps, and release dependencies.
• Support project health reporting, risk tracking, and timing feasibility assessments.

Skills

Automotive embedded systems

ECU software

Requirements engineering

Functional specification

Automotive development lifecycle

Bluetooth protocols

NFC concepts

Technical specifications

JAMA

DOORS

Polarion

JIRA

GitHub

CAN communication

ECU interfaces

Education

Bachelor of Computer Science

Tools

JAMA

DOORS

Polarion

GitHub

JIRA

Job description

Tata Consultancy Services in Dearborn, MI is seeking a seasoned automotive requirements engineer to decompose vehicle/system requirements into clear ECU-level specifications for supplier implementations. You will collaborate with OEMs and suppliers, and manage traceability across validation artifacts and release documentation.

Knowledge of CAN, BLE, NFC, and ECU interfaces is essential. Base salary range is $110,000 to $140,000 USD per year, with potential incentives and benefits.