Diagnostics Test Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group is seeking a Validation Engineer to drive end‑to‑end validation of vehicle connection systems and diagnostics across multiple subsystems. You will collaborate with the Global validation team and OEM partners to shape test plans, define requirements, and ensure compliance with international standards.

You will develop and maintain test protocols, analyze results, and translate findings into actionable improvements for ECU diagnostics.

Qualifications

• Drive for Results: focus on business goals and targets.
• Customer Centricity: anticipate needs and act with integrity and care.
• Teamwork & Collaboration: work across internal and external teams to fulfill business requirements.
• Developing & Managing Relationships: build trust and effective partnerships.
• Managing supplier’s: exchange critical information with ECU suppliers to ensure diagnostics meet requirements.
• Decision Making: make timely, informed choices considering risks and constraints.
• Analytical Thinking: examine data to identify issues and derive actionable solutions.

Responsibilities

• Validate complex vehicle connection systems that supportDiagnostics.
• Maintain networks with Global validation team and other key stakeholders.
• Define and optimize validation plans by selecting relevant requirements and test methods.
• Prepare and test products in compliance with customer requirements and international standards.
• Create and verify test protocols and test reports.
• Report test results and project status to stakeholders.
• Develop and modify test methods according to customer requirements.
• Identify new requirements or key product characteristics to anticipate readiness of equipment and methods.
• Control technical documentation, test records and equipment.

Skills

Drive for Results

Customer Centricity

Teamwork & Collaboration

Relationship Management

Decision Making

Analytical Thinking

Global Perspective

Job description

• Validation of complex vehicle connection systems that supports Diagnostics
• Maintain networks with Global validation team and other key stakeholders
• Defining and optimizing validation plans by selection of relevant requirements and test methods
• Preparing and testing of products in compliance with customer requirements/international standards
• Creating and verifying the test protocols and test reports
• Reporting the tests results and status of assigned projects
• Development, implementation and modification of test methods according to customer requirements
• Identification of new requirements or key product characteristics in order to anticipate readiness of suitable equipment, methods and competencies
• Controlling technical documentation, test records and testing equipment
• Review and understand the list of faults documented in diagnostics worksheets for the identified ECUs. Maintain and update the information contained in the worksheets as needed.
• Work with OEM parts owners to connect with ECU suppliers to gather DFMEA and other information used in designing and implementing the diagnostics for each subsystem.
• Leverage information shared by supplier and own domain knowledge to create meaningful and efficient troubleshooting and repair steps for each fault reported.
• Utilize specific dashboard tools to identify and analyze frequently reported faults and develop strategies to reduce them.
• Review severity & appropriateness of fault reaction, link subsystem alerts with vehicle level fault reactions / robot constraints
• Work closely with BaseOps to develop efficient troubleshooting and repair steps
• Interact with the Vehicle stability team to provide knowledge and information to help root cause analysis and issue resolution of tickets
• Manage diagnostics database version control to maintain up-to-date diagnostics data in sync with yaml files for each major software release milestone

• Validation of complex vehicle connection systems that supports Diagnostics
• Maintain networks with Global validation team and other key stakeholders
• Defining and optimizing validation plans by selection of relevant requirements and test methods
• Preparing and testing of products in compliance with customer requirements/international standards
• Creating and verifying the test protocols and test reports
• Reporting the tests results and status of assigned projects
• Development, implementation and modification of test methods according to customer requirements
• Identification of new requirements or key product characteristics in order to anticipate readiness of suitable equipment, methods and competencies
• Controlling technical documentation, test records and testing equipment
• Review and understand the list of faults documented in diagnostics worksheets for the identified ECUs. Maintain and update the information contained in the worksheets as needed.
• Work with OEM parts owners to connect with ECU suppliers to gather DFMEA and other information used in designing and implementing the diagnostics for each subsystem.
• Leverage information shared by supplier and own domain knowledge to create meaningful and efficient troubleshooting and repair steps for each fault reported.
• Utilize specific dashboard tools to identify and analyze frequently reported faults and develop strategies to reduce them.
• Review severity & appropriateness of fault reaction, link subsystem alerts with vehicle level fault reactions / robot constraints
• Work closely with BaseOps to develop efficient troubleshooting and repair steps
• Interact with the Vehicle stability team to provide knowledge and information to help root cause analysis and issue resolution of tickets
• Manage diagnostics database version control to maintain up-to-date diagnostics data in sync with yaml files for each major software release milestone

Competences

• Drive for Results: Driven by business and own goals, takes responsibility and works towards planning targets, overcoming obstacles, setbacks and uncertainty.
• Customer Centricity: Anticipates evolving customer needs and how to address them, doing the right thing in the right way
• Teamwork & Collaboration: working with different people in different areas of the business (internal and external): to continuously meet and shape the needs of the business, avoid silos, and bring together better working relationships, and fill in gaps as & when required.
• Developing & Managing Relationships: actively invests in building relationships with others and establishes a culture of trust and integrity.
• Managing supplier’s: Coutching & exchangin critical & relevant informations regarding ECU’s such that diagnostics is implemented as per requirements.
• Decision Making: Makes timely, informed decisions that take into account the facts, goals, constraints, and risks.
• Analytical Thinking: Gather relevant information, identify key issues, compare data from different sources; draw appropriate conclusions to arrive at appropriate solutions.
• Display Global Perspective– Achieves results working across different cultures and environments. Understands and states the corporate values and guiding principles that lead his/her actions.