Senior Telematics Engineer

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Pentangle Tech Services | P5 Group in Michigan seeks a Senior Telematics Engineer with extensive experience in connected vehicle systems, telematics ECUs, cellular connectivity, and cloud-connected automotive applications. The candidate will support design, integration, testing, and validation of next-generation connected vehicle features.

The role requires strong collaboration with Telematics Control Units, gateways, vehicle ECUs, cloud platforms, and mobile apps, plus leadership in

Qualifications

• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience with telematics/connected vehicle focus.
• Strong knowledge of CAN/CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, and UDS.
• Experience with MQTT, TCP/IP, HTTP/REST, or similar protocols.
• Experience with 4G/5G cellular connectivity.
• Strong troubleshooting and vehicle-level debugging skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate automotive telematics systems.
• Work with Telematics Control Units (TCUs), gateways, and connected vehicle ECUs.
• Analyze communication between vehicle ECUs, TCU, cloud platforms, and mobile applications.
• Validate cellular connectivity including 4G/5G technologies.
• Work with CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, MQTT, TCP/IP, and other communication protocols.
• Perform TCU and vehicle-level functional and integration testing.
• Develop and execute test cases for connected vehicle features.
• Analyse vehicle logs, network traces, and telematics data.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, communication, diagnostic, and integration issues.
• Work with OTA software update and remote vehicle functionality.
• Support UDS diagnostics and ECU communication.
• Collaborate with embedded software, cloud, mobile, cybersecurity, and vehicle engineering teams.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex telematics issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Telematics systems

CAN/CAN FD

Automotive Ethernet

LIN

UDS

4G/5G cellular

Python / CAPL

CANoe / CANalyzer

Vehicle diagnostics

Test and debugging

Tools

CANoe/CANalyzer

Python

Job description

Job Summary

We are seeking a Senior Telematics Engineer with strong experience in connected vehicle systems, telematics ECUs, cellular connectivity, vehicle networks, diagnostics, and cloud-connected automotive applications. The candidate will support design, integration, testing, and validation of next-generation connected vehicle features.

We are seeking a Senior Telematics Engineer with strong experience in connected vehicle systems, telematics ECUs, cellular connectivity, vehicle networks, diagnostics, and cloud-connected automotive applications. The candidate will support design, integration, testing, and validation of next-generation connected vehicle features.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, integrate, and validate automotive telematics systems.
• Work with Telematics Control Units (TCUs), gateways, and connected vehicle ECUs.
• Analyze communication between vehicle ECUs, TCU, cloud platforms, and mobile applications.
• Validate cellular connectivity including 4G/5G technologies.
• Work with CAN/CAN FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, MQTT, TCP/IP, and other communication protocols.
• Perform TCU and vehicle-level functional and integration testing.
• Develop and execute test cases for connected vehicle features.
• Analyse vehicle logs, network traces, and telematics data.
• Troubleshoot connectivity, communication, diagnostic, and integration issues.
• Work with OTA software update and remote vehicle functionality.
• Support UDS diagnostics and ECU communication.
• Collaborate with embedded software, cloud, mobile, cybersecurity, and vehicle engineering teams.
• Lead root-cause analysis and resolution of complex telematics issues.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of automotive engineering experience with significant telematics/connected vehicle experience.
• Strong experience with TCU/telematics systems.
• Strong knowledge of CAN/CAN FD, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, and UDS.
• Experience with MQTT, TCP/IP, HTTP/REST, or similar communication protocols.
• Experience with 4G/5G cellular connectivity.
• Strong experience with CANoe/CANalyzer or equivalent tools.
• Experience with Python, CAPL, or other automation languages.
• Strong troubleshooting and vehicle-level debugging skills.
• Experience with ECU integration and validation.
• Strong communication and technical leadership skills.

Preferred

• Experience with OTA updates.
• Experience with cloud-connected vehicle architectures.
• Experience with Android Automotive or embedded Linux.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity concepts such as secure communication and authentication.
• Experience with Jenkins/CI-CD.
• AUTOSAR knowledge.
• Experience with MQTT and cloud IoT platforms.
• Experience leading technical investigations and mentoring engineers.