Functional Specification Development Engineer

Veriipro; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Veriipro is seeking an experienced engineer to decompose vehicle and system requirements into ECU-level specifications and to maintain traceability across validation artifacts and releases.

You will collaborate with OEM teams and suppliers, manage requirements, defects, and sprint planning, and support release readiness with strong communication and agile execution.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in automotive embedded systems or ECU software.

Responsibilities

• Decompose vehicle/system requirements into ECU-level requirements for supplier implementation.

Skills

Automotive embedded systems

ECU software

Requirements engineering

Functional specifications

Automotive lifecycle

Agile execution

Bluetooth protocols (BLE / GATT / GAP)

NFC concepts

Clear specifications writing

Stakeholder coordination

Traceability

CAN communication / ECU interfaces

Tools

JAMA

DOORS

Polarion

JIRA

GitHub

Job description

Must-Have Technical/Functional Skills

• 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.

Roles & 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.