Vehicle Systems Development Engineer

Vehicle Systems Development Engineer (R&D) Location: West Midlands Salary: Competitive, depending on experience Type: Permanent Travel: UK customer site travel required, with occasional international opportunities Are you an automotive electronics or systems engineer who enjoys finding out how vehicles actually work and turning that knowledge into innovative products?

We are working with an established and technically driven automotive business that is looking to appoint a Vehicle Systems Development Engineer to join its R&D team. This is a highly hands-on role sitting at the intersection of vehicle electronics, CAN/network analysis, embedded systems, hardware development and product innovation.

You will take ownership of projects from the initial investigation of vehicle signals and behaviours through to the design, integration and validation of working solutions. What will you be doing as a Vehicle Systems Development Engineer?

Your role will cover three key areas: Signal Discovery & Reverse Engineering Capture and analyse CAN/CAN FD traffic and other vehicle communications. Identify and decode unknown signals and understand ECU interactions. Investigate the relationship between physical vehicle events and network activity.

Build signal maps and maintain vehicle signal databases. Develop DBC files and extract usable information from vehicle networks. Solution Architecture & Product Development Translate vehicle signal discoveries into functional product requirements.

Define system architectures and integration strategies. Identify opportunities to turn vehicle data and behaviours into new product functionality. Develop proof-of-concepts and prototypes. Contribute to technical roadmaps and wider R&D activity.

Hardware, Software Integration & Validation Configure embedded controllers and vehicle interface modules. Design and integrate prototype hardware, sensors and communication interfaces. Develop vehicle-specific harnessing and wiring solutions.

Create event-driven logic, triggers and decision-making rules. Install prototype systems into development vehicles. Test and validate solutions across different vehicle manufacturers and platforms. Support field trials, customer projects and final product sign-off.

What are we looking for in a Vehicle Systems Development Engineer? We are looking for an engineer who combines strong technical knowledge with a genuinely hands-on and investigative approach. You should have experience with: CAN / CAN FD LIN Automotive Ethernet UDS and/or OBD-II CAN traffic capture and signal decoding DBC files and vehicle network analysis ECU communications and vehicle electronics Embedded controllers and microcontrollers Digital and analogue inputs Circuit design and electronic hardware Aut...

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