Senior Emissions, OBD & Powertrain Quality Engineer

Hyundai Motor Group; Michigan; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Zero-dollar premiums on medical/dental

Employer-paid disability and life

Generous PTO and holidays

Competitive salaries

Global diverse environment

Retirement savings benefits

Job summary

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. seeks a Senior Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Engineer to lead investigations into customer field concerns and emissions issues.

You will analyze data, lead cross-functional teams, and develop corrective actions to improve calibration development and validator methods. The role requires extensive powertrain and emissions expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to drive investigations from issue identification to action implementation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years automotive engineering experience.
• 5+ years in emissions, OBD, aftertreatment, calibration or powertrain quality.
• Demonstrated success leading highly technical investigations.
• Experience managing multiple engineering projects and issues.
• Ability to influence technical decisions across cross-functional teams.
• Experience using vehicle data to develop corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Lead root-cause investigations for engine calibration, emissions, OBD, drivability and quality concerns.
• Analyze vehicle logs, calibration data, emissions results and test data to identify failure mechanisms.
• Act as technical lead for high-priority quality investigations with recommendations to management.
• Develop engineering solutions to improve calibration robustness and diagnostic effectiveness.
• Identify systemic weaknesses and drive improvements across programs.
• Use test data to identify trends and improve issue detection methodologies.
• Apply statistics, predictive analytics and AI tools to accelerate problem resolution.
• Collaborate with multiple teams to implement countermeasures and preventive actions.
• Support plants with data collection strategies, root-cause analysis and verification.
• Investigate emissions deterioration and improve catalyst durability and compliance.
• Prepare technical reports, executive summaries, and program assessments.
• Establish metrics and visualization tools to monitor quality and compliance.
• Mentor junior engineers in emissions, diagnostics, data analytics, and investigations.
• Coordinate with NA and Korean teams on quality and compliance initiatives.
• Travel up to 15% domestically and internationally.

Skills

Emissions & OBD expertise

Powertrain controls

Data analytics

Root-cause investigations

Calibrations development

CAN/LIN/UDS

Python/SQL

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

B.S. in Mechanical/Electrical/Automotive Eng.

M.S. preferred

Tools

ETAS INCA

ATI Vision

CANape

MATLAB/Simulink

Databricks

Power BI

Job description

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. seeks a Senior Emissions, OBD, and Powertrain Quality Engineer to lead investigations into customer field concerns and emissions issues.

You will analyze data, lead cross-functional teams, and develop corrective actions to improve calibration development and validator methods. The role requires extensive powertrain and emissions expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to drive investigations from issue identification to action implementation.