Specialist, OBD Integration Engineer

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 ingenuity, wonder & magic in integrating diagnostic systems across complex software and hardware architectures 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:

• →Lead the integration of OBD functions across the software-defined vehicle architecture, ensuring consistent behavior across ECUs, domains, and central compute elements 
• →Coordinate the implementation of OBD requirements across powertrain, energy, thermal, chassis, and body domains, ensuring alignment of diagnostic concepts and system behavior 
• →Ensure correct interaction between OBD monitors, diagnostic events, vehicle states, and system-level conditions, including startup, driving, charging, and degraded modes 
• →Integrate and validate DTC behavior, fault propagation, readiness states, and diagnostic consistency across distributed systems 
• →Collaborate closely with OBD system engineers, requirements engineers, software teams, controls engineers, and validation teams to ensure correct end-to-end implementation 
• →Analyze system-level diagnostic issues using vehicle data, HIL/MIL results, and network traces, and drive root-cause identification and resolution 
• →Support development and validation teams in defining integration test scenarios, including edge cases, fault injection, and cross-domain interactions 
• →Ensure traceability from OBD requirements to system integration and validation results, supporting release readiness and quality gates 
• →Identify integration gaps, inconsistencies, or architectural limitations and propose robust and scalable solutions 
• →Support vehicle integration phases, including prototype builds, test campaigns, and software release validation 
• →Contribute to the continuous improvement of integration processes, diagnostic workflows, and cross-domain collaboration models 
• →Partner with architecture teams to ensure OBD integration supports future SDV capabilities such as OTA updates, central diagnostics, and scalable platform evolution 
• →Be involved in other related tasks / activities as required 

• 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.