Emissions & OBD Quality Lead, Powertrain Calibration

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.; Superior Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Medical Premiums

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Global Environment

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. seeks an Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Manager to lead a team of engineers in detecting and resolving engine calibration issues across vehicle programs.

You will drive closed-loop quality processes, apply analytics, and collaborate across NA and Korean teams to improve calibration development and validation. The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional teamwork to ensure emissions compliance and vehicle quality

Qualifications

• 10+ years automotive engineering experience.
• 5+ years emissions, OBD, aftertreatment development or durability engineering.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or people management.
• Experience leading teams for vehicle quality, calibration validation, or production support.
• Strong understanding of calibration development processes and verification.
• Knowledge of data analytics, anomaly detection, and ML in vehicle development.
• Experience transforming field lessons into process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead 4–8 engineers for field quality investigations and regulatory programs.
• Drive rapid closure of engine calibration, emissions, OBD and drivability issues.
• Establish a closed-loop issue management process to reduce recurring issues.
• Lead cross-functional root-cause investigations using calibration data and logs.
• Identify weaknesses and implement preventive countermeasures.
• Leverage analytics and testing data to improve calibration robustness.
• Collaborate with calibration, controls, certification, durability, and validation teams.
• Develop metrics to monitor vehicle quality and emissions compliance.
• Mentor the engineering team and manage budgets and program deliverables.
• Travel up to 15% domestically and internationally.

Skills

Leadership

Data-driven

Analytical thinking

Emissions knowledge

OBD expertise

Powertrain controls

Calibration development

Team leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Tools

ETAS INCA

ATI Vision

CANape

MATLAB/Simulink

Python

SQL

Power BI

Databricks

Tableau

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. seeks an Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Manager to lead a team of engineers in detecting and resolving engine calibration issues across vehicle programs.

You will drive closed-loop quality processes, apply analytics, and collaborate across NA and Korean teams to improve calibration development and validation. The role emphasizes leadership, data-driven decision making, and cross-functional teamwork to ensure emissions compliance and vehicle quality