Senior Vehicle Data Engineer – OBD & CAN

CALAMP WIRELESS NETWORKS CORPORATION; Carlsbad (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

CalAmp WIRELESS NETWORKS CORPORATION in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Sr. Engineer, OBD to lead vehicle data engineering, parameter optimization, and system integration. The role demands extensive experience with CAN/LIN/J1850, data modeling, and database tooling to drive vehicle insights.

You will develop models, automation scripts, and validation workflows with cross-functional teams. Join CalAmp to contribute to robust telemetry solutions, designing scalable architectures, and documenting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 7–10+ years in automotive engineering or embedded systems.
• Strong experience with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, LIN, J1850, ISO-Kline).
• Proficiency in Python, C/C++, and C#.
• Experience with vehicle simulation tools and databases.
• Knowledge of ML applications in vehicle data analysis.
• SQL proficiency (Select/Insert/Update, Joins, stored procedures).

Responsibilities

• Lead Vehicle Parameter Data Engineering across subsystems.
• Analyze and optimize vehicle parameters (powertrain, chassis, gateways).
• Develop models and simulations to assess device performance.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to validate changes and ensure system integration.
• Interpret CAN data to support customers.
• Reverse engineer vehicle systems, ECUs, and protocols.
• Develop tools for decoding OEM vehicle data and automating workflows.
• Document findings and translate into engineering improvements.
• Design and maintain scalable databases for vehicle data and records.
• Create automation scripts and data pipelines for ingestion, transformation, and analysis.
• Integrate automation into testing, validation, and reporting processes.
• Identify opportunities to reduce manual effort and improve efficiency.

Skills

Embedded Systems

CAN Protocols

Python

C/C++

SQL/NoSQL

Data Modeling

Vehicle Simulation

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical/Mechanical/Computer Engineering

Tools

Vector Canalyzer

Vector Canoe

Vector Candela

Job description

CalAmp WIRELESS NETWORKS CORPORATION in Carlsbad, CA is seeking a Sr. Engineer, OBD to lead vehicle data engineering, parameter optimization, and system integration. The role demands extensive experience with CAN/LIN/J1850, data modeling, and database tooling to drive vehicle insights.

You will develop models, automation scripts, and validation workflows with cross-functional teams. Join CalAmp to contribute to robust telemetry solutions, designing scalable architectures, and documenting