Software Feature Systems Engineer

Insight Global; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Body Controls Systems Engineer to define and develop body control features and software across the vehicle, including closures, wash/wipe, and customizable controls. You will own L1/L3 feature definitions, requirements, and test cases, and collaborate with software, manufacturing, and component DRIs to ensure features are well-defined, testable, and manufacturable.

The role blends desk work with cross-functional collaboration; based in Long Beach or Palo Alto with

Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in a relevant engineering field and at least 3+ years in automotive/embedded environments.
• Experience with requirements capture, decomposition, and traceability using formal tools.
• Ability to read production-grade C code for real-time embedded systems and validate changes against requirements.

Responsibilities

• Define L1/L3 feature definitions, requirements, and test cases for body controls features
• Generate sequence diagrams and PUML artifacts to communicate feature behavior across teams
• Support software integration and validate code changes meet feature intent
• Coordinate with manufacturing to enable line-side troubleshooting and diagnostic routines
• Participate in functional safety analyses and diagnostic integration for owned features
• Collaborate daily with software, manufacturing, and component DRIs to ensure alignment with constraints
• Contribute to merge requests and review changes to ensure compliance with design intent

Skills

Embedded systems

Requirements management

C programming

UDS diagnostics

Network protocols CAN/LIN/Autos. Ether

Cross-functional collaboration

Traceability

Python scripting

System engineering workflows

Education

B.S. in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

JAMA

PUML/UML tooling

Git / Merge requests

CAN/LIN diagnostics tooling

Version control

Job description

Job Description

As a Body Controls Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the definition and development of body controls features and software across the vehicle — closures, wash/wipe systems, customizable controls, and more. You will support the front-end development of feature and software systems by owning L1/L3 feature definitions, requirements, and test cases, and will work collaboratively with software developers, manufacturing engineers, and component DRIs to support feature definition, software integration, and line-side troubleshooting, ensuring features are well-defined, testable, and manufacturable throughout the development lifecycle. You will supplement our body controls hardware/software integration engineers by driving feature clarity ahead of hardware and software integration, helping bring next-generation body controls features to production.

This role is cross-functional and blends desk work with close collaboration across software, manufacturing, and component teams. The position is based in either Long Beach or Palo Alto, and may include occasional travel.

What you’ll do

• Write L1 feature definitions, L1 feature requirements, and L1 feature test cases
• Develop L3 function definitions and allocations, L3 functional requirements, and L3 test cases
• Generate sequence diagrams and PUML artifacts to communicate feature behavior to software and manufacturing systems teams
• Support software integration by defining network signals/messages needed to implement features, and collaborate closely with software developers through development and merge review
• Contribute to and review merge requests in the shared software repository, understanding code changes well enough to validate they meet feature intent
• Support manufacturing integration for owned features, leveraging UDS-based diagnostic routines and line-side troubleshooting to resolve issues during vehicle build
• Understand functional safety principles and participate in functional safety analyses of complex vehicle subsystems
• Support diagnostic integration for owned features, defining and validating diagnostic routines and fault handling
• Partner daily with software, manufacturing, and component DRIs to keep feature definition, requirements, and test cases aligned with real-world implementation constraints

Skills and Requirements

• B.S. in Electrical, Computer, or Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 3+ years of experience developing features, requirements, and test cases in an automotive or embedded systems environment
• Experience with systems engineering workflows (requirements decomposition, traceability, test case development) and requirements capture in requirements management software platforms (JAMA, etc.)
• Experience working within a shared embedded software repository — ability to read and understand production-grade C code for real-time embedded systems, participate in merge/pull requests, and validate that code changes meet feature intent and requirements
• Experience with UDS (Unified Diagnostic Services) for diagnostic and manufacturing-line troubleshooting purposes
• Working knowledge of vehicle network protocols (CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet) sufficient to define and validate feature-level network signals
• Excellent teamwork, problem-solving, communication, and project management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment where you are part of a high performing teamA systems approach to design and development with the desire and curiosity to strive for exceptional delivery execution and continuous improvement
• Familiarity with python and/or other scripting languages to support test case automation
• Experience with electrical / electro-mechanical devices involving networked microcontrollers and embedded software
• Experience scaling features into production, including support through manufacturing launch
• Body controls or closures domain experience
• Experience generating sequence diagrams or using PUML/UML tooling
• Proven ability to develop traceable software and system level requirements from high-level user stories to implementation specificationsAdvanced vehicle architecture or experience with EV prototype development, Labcars, HIL benches, and vehicle-level electrical integration.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [e-mail].