OBD Traceability Engineer, Sr Specialist

At Scout Motors, you don't just design vehicles- you shape the future of the road. Our Engineering team is where bold ideas meet rigorous execution, building machines that are as durable and capable as the people who drive them. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant minds across disciplines, turning complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This is a place where your fingerprints are found on metal – where what you design gets built, driven, and remembered. If you're hungry to engineer something that matters, Scout Motors is where that ambition finds its highest gear. 

Your engineering rigor, attention to detail, and ability to ensure complete traceability will be instrumental in shaping the perception of Scout as a brand, as well as gaining peer admiration in the automotive industry. 

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• →Own the end-to-end traceability strategy for OBD requirements across Scout’s software-defined vehicle architecture, from regulatory and concept definition through software implementation, integration, and validation closure  
• →Define, implement, and continuously improve a robust traceability framework that connects regulatory requirements, system requirements, software functions, diagnostics behavior, calibration elements, and validation artifacts  
• →Ensure all OBD-related requirements are complete, uniquely identified, properly allocated, internally consistent, and fully linked to upstream and downstream engineering deliverables  
• →Establish and govern traceability structures, link models, requirement hierarchies, and data standards within requirements management tools such as Jama, DOORS, or Polarion  
• →Provide senior technical leadership to ensure traceability is applied consistently across OBD system engineering, requirements engineering, software development, diagnostics, integration, and validation teams  
• →Drive resolution of missing, conflicting, or poorly allocated requirements, and identify structural gaps in the diagnostic concept before they impact program timing or compliance readiness  
• →Ensure full traceability coverage for key OBD elements including monitor definitions, enable conditions, fault detection logic, readiness behavior, MIL strategy, DTC handling, and diagnostic communication  
• →Link validation artifacts from HIL, SIL, MIL, and vehicle tests back to requirements to ensure complete verification coverage, objective evidence, and audit-ready documentation  
• →Support major program milestones, gateways, and software releases by delivering traceability status, coverage metrics, completeness assessments, and risk transparency to engineering leadership  
• →Act as a key contributor to internal and external compliance readiness, ensuring OBD requirements and associated validation evidence can be clearly demonstrated during assessments, reviews, and certification activities  
• →Partner with architecture and systems teams to ensure traceability is aligned with SDV principles, including modularization, abstraction, centralization, and platform re-use  
• →Drive continuous improvement of requirements and traceability processes, tool usage, linkage quality, and reporting transparency to raise engineering quality and execution maturity  
• →Support issue investigation by tracing defects, validation gaps, and unexpected diagnostic behavior back to requirement weaknesses, incorrect allocations, missing links, or incomplete verification coverage  
• →Ensure traceability remains robust and consistent across prototype, pre-production, and serial development phases, even as requirements evolve and software releases mature  
• →Mentor team members and help establish best practices for requirements quality, traceability discipline, and diagnostic systems maturity across the broader organization  
• →Contribute to other related tasks and activities required to support the successful delivery of Scout’s diagnostic and compliance objectives

• To be considered for career opportunities at Scout Motors, applicants must be 18 years of age or older. 
• Residing in San Francisco: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. 
• Residing in Los Angeles: Scout Motors will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. 
• Residing in New York City: This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City.

Scout Motors is committed to employing a diverse workforce and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, or any other characteristics protected by law. Scout Motors is committed to compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws. If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact ScoutAccommodations@scoutmotors.com.