Emissions & OBD Quality Lead — Powertrain Analytics

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI); Superior (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero-dollar medical premiums

Employer-paid disability & life

Generous paid time off

Diversity in global environment

Retirement savings benefits

HSAs & FSAs

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) seeks an Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Manager to lead a 4–8 person team focused on identifying, investigating, and resolving engine calibration issues across customer vehicles and production environments.

The successful candidate will drive a closed-loop quality process, leverage large datasets, and champion advanced analytics to reduce field issues and improve calibration development and validation methods. Travel up to 15% is expected.

Qualifications

• 10+ years automotive engineering experience.
• 5+ years emissions, OBD, aftertreatment development or calibration experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or people management.
• Strong data-driven problem solving and field issue remediation.

Responsibilities

• Lead 4–8 engineers across field investigations and regulatory compliance programs.
• Drive rapid root-cause resolution for engine calibration, emissions, OBD, and drivability issues.
• Establish closed-loop quality processes to reduce field and in-use issues to zero.
• Coordinate cross-functional investigations and implement preventive actions.
• Develop metrics to monitor emissions compliance and calibration robustness.
• Leverage analytics and AI tools to accelerate issue detection and resolution.
• Mentor team members and manage budgets, fleets, and program deliverables.

Skills

Emissions expertise

OBD knowledge

Powertrain controls

Data analytics

Root-cause analysis

Leadership

Statistical methods

Python

CAN/LIN/UDS

Education

B.S. in Mechanical/Electrical/C Automotive Engineering

Tools

ETAS INCA

ATI Vision

CANape

MATLAB/Simulink

Python (analytics)

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) seeks an Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Manager to lead a 4–8 person team focused on identifying, investigating, and resolving engine calibration issues across customer vehicles and production environments.

The successful candidate will drive a closed-loop quality process, leverage large datasets, and champion advanced analytics to reduce field issues and improve calibration development and validation methods. Travel up to 15% is expected.