Vehicle Network & Diagnostics Specialist

Slate Auto; Troy (MI); On-site; USD 109,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Vacation

Job summary

Slate is seeking a Vehicle Network and Diagnostics Engineer to develop and validate automotive communication systems. You will work across teams to ensure high-quality software communication plans, including CAN/CAN-FD, UDS, and AUTOSAR configurations, with emphasis on diagnostics, cybersecurity, and ISO standards.

The role requires hands-on experience with ECU diagnostics, bootloaders, FOTA, and risk-aware development, along with collaboration using Vector tools and EOL test platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering field.
• 5+ years in vehicle network architectures and diagnostics integration with automotive protocols.
• 3+ years with automotive embedded software for ECU diagnostics, bootloaders, flashing, and cybersecurity.
• 3+ years with diagnostic tools (CANoe, CANalyzer, Vehicle Spy, ETAS, Wireshark).
• 2+ years in systems engineering activities (requirements, interface, verification, validation).

Responsibilities

• Develop vehicle communications requirements and manage development/sourcing/engineering.
• Create and maintain CAN DB (.DBC) and diagnostic content (.CDD) files.
• Design AUTOSAR-based serial communication protocols and interfaces.
• Define and maintain fault code management strategy.
• Implement UDS diagnostic services for CAN modules and validate with tools.
• Develop and maintain vehicle communication interface specs (CAN DB or VCM).
• Handle large ECU extracts and serial DB files (.DBC, .LDF).

Skills

Vehicle networks

ECU communication

Diagnostics integration

CAN / CAN-FD

UDS

XCP

ISO 14229

ISO 15765

ISO 11898

End-to-End communication

C/C++

Python scripting

AUTOSAR

Cybersecurity

tools: Vector CANoe/CANalyzer

Vehicle Spy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics/Computer Engineering or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Vector CANoe

Vector CANalyzer

Vehicle Spy

ETAS tools

Wireshark

EOL test platforms

Job description

Slate is seeking a Vehicle Network and Diagnostics Engineer to develop and validate automotive communication systems. You will work across teams to ensure high-quality software communication plans, including CAN/CAN-FD, UDS, and AUTOSAR configurations, with emphasis on diagnostics, cybersecurity, and ISO standards.

The role requires hands-on experience with ECU diagnostics, bootloaders, FOTA, and risk-aware development, along with collaboration using Vector tools and EOL test platforms.