Vehicle Connectivity Engineer

Contechs; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Contechs in Troy, Michigan seeks a Vehicle Connectivity Engineer on a contract basis to bridge vehicle communications to mobile interfaces. You will develop mobile app requirements and coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality connectivity across Android and iOS.

Responsibilities include designing vehicle-side components, security features, OTA-related work, and API-driven integration with ECUs. Collaborate with suppliers and document plans throughout the project.

Qualifications

• Hands-on mobile app development for large user bases.
• Experience with Android and iOS subsystems and APIs.
• API design using REST/OpenAPI for endpoints.

Responsibilities

• Develop mobile application requirements and manage development.
• Design vehicle-side components interfacing with mobile apps.
• Develop connectivity security requirements and features.
• Collaborate to enable mobile app connectivity to ECUs.
• Implement security for vehicle network interfaces.
• Work with third-party suppliers on requirements and tests.
• Document development plans and processes for apps.
• Benchmark market trends for vehicle attributes.

Skills

Mobile app development

Android

iOS

Kotlin

Swift

RESTful APIs

Vehicle connectivity

Education

M.S. in Computer Engineering / CS

Tools

OpenAPI

Postman

CANalyzer

Intrepid Veh-Spy

ETAS-INCA

Job description

*Applicants MUST have proof of immediate, on-going and valid eligibility to work full time in the United States*

About the company

My client is an innovative American automotive manufacturer focused on redefining affordable electric mobility. They are developing a new generation of purpose-built electric vehicles with an emphasis on simplicity, modular design, and customer customisation.

They are looking for Vehicle Connectivity Engineer to join their expanding team on a Contract basis. The role will be based in Troy, Michigan

Job Description

Who we are looking for:

• A Passionate and dynamic systems engineer that will bridge the gap between vehicle communications to external interfaces via different communication protocols.
• This position will be responsible for working cross functionally to ensure the mobile apps and connectivity plans for the company have a high-quality execution.

As Vehicle Connectivity Engineer your main responsibilities are:

• In this position the candidate will develop mobile application requirements and manage the development, sourcing, and engineering of these solutions.
• Design and develop vehicle side system component requirements that interact with a commercial-grade mobile application as a conduit to control vehicle features or view vehicle contents.
• Develop phone connectivity security requirements and features that interact with other application plug-ins and vehicle modules such as secure gateway module, safety vehicle ECUs for diagnostics, flash-over-the-air and status information.
• Work cross functionally to develop vehicle architecture requirements that allows mobile applications connectivity to automotive ECUs, implementation of UI/UX backend, framework, and frontend features in android or iOS environment.
• Implement security features in mobile applications interfacing vehicle network from illegal access and unauthorized access to safety critical modules.
• Collaborate and work with 3rd party hardware or software suppliers to engage in requirements elicitation and test criteria to establish internal test environment and test setup.
• Document development plans, processes, and overall mobile applications.
• Perform benchmarking / market research on vehicle attributes (features and market trends for mobile apps, vehicle

Qualifications / Skills needed

• Experience building mobile apps with a large user base interfacing cloud/server application.
• Experience in development of Android and iOS-based subsystem involving technologies of audio and video playback on a local device interfacing with USB and audio streaming technologies (Bluetooth, Android-auto or Car-play).
• Experience in designing intuitive and well-modelled application interface endpoints for both internal and user-facing device accessibility.
• Experience or strong knowledge of RESTful concepts using OpenAPI specification to architect and document endpoints.
• Experience as a Kotlin developer for Android apps and Swift Experience for iOS apps.
• Experience in decomposing vehicle level functions and architectural elements for mobile apps, connectivity systems, and cloud offerings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master of science degree in engineering in Computer engineering, Computer or Information Science.
• Experience in developing mobile application services on one or more cloud offerings.
• Familiarity with DevOps and DevSec tools.
• Strong knowledge of postman for testing APIs.
• Platform development experience using Open-Source experience and effective thinking through on build versus buy.
• Strong knowledge of postman for testing APIs.
• Platform development experience using Open-Source experience and effective thinking through on build versus buy.
• Strong knowledge in Bootloader integration, Flash Bootloader, E2E, XCP, Cyber security and FOTA (Flash over the air).
• Knowledge of automotive standardized instrumentation and test tools such as CANalyzer, Intrepid Veh-Spy, ETAS-INCA.

Work Authorization Requirement:

• Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis.
• Our Client is unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Employment is at will and may be terminated by either party at any time.

We provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.