Zobility · 9 hours ago
Product Development Engineer - SW Development/Validation
Allen Park, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expZobility is a workforce management and staffing division of RGBSI, a multi-national corporation. They are seeking a Product Development Engineer to manage and operate a fleet of test vehicles, focusing on software development and validation, while collaborating with various teams to ensure high-quality software delivery.
Human ResourcesIndustrial AutomationMachine Learning
Responsibilities
Manage and operate assigned test vehicles, ensuring readiness for software validation, and release activities
Coordinate vehicle usage, availability, sign-out/sign-in, and configuration control to support multiple engineering teams
Oversee preventive, corrective, and predictive maintenance of test vehicles, including hardware, ECUs, Safety, power systems, and network components
Execute and manage vehicle software baselining activities, including flashing, configuration management, and version control across multiple ECUs
Perform OTA, service, manufacturing, and manual software updates on test vehicles
Verify software integrity, configuration correctness, and system behaviour following updates
Support software release readiness by validating baseline stability and vehicle operability
Develop and maintain scripts and tools (e.g., Python, shell, or similar) to automate vehicle auditing, health checks, log collection, dashboards, and reporting
Enhance operational tooling to improve fleet utilization, reduce manual effort, and increase repeatability and reliability
Perform advanced root cause analysis on vehicles
Analyse logs, traces, diagnostics, and vehicle telemetry to isolate failures related to software updates, configuration issues, or vehicle behaviour
Accurately document findings and ensure defects are properly prioritized and tracked in JIRA or equivalent systems
Work closely with product, software, validation, and operations teams to align vehicle readiness with program milestones and sprint objectives
Provide accurate effort estimates for vehicle operations, software updates, and tooling tasks during sprint planning
Contribute to technical documentation, operational procedures, and best practices for vehicle software operations
Identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives related to vehicle management, software update reliability, and operational efficiency
Qualification
Required
Scripting, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Execution, Root Cause Analysis, Fleet Management
The candidate is expected to develop and maintain scripts (preferably using Python, and/or C++ or similar languages as a plus) to support vehicle operations and efficiency
The candidate should leverage automation to improve operational efficiency by creating scripts to automatically read vehicle diagnostic trouble codes (DTCs) using logs, CAN data, or diagnostic APIs, categorizing and flagging known error codes with recommended remediation steps
The candidate is not responsible for executing test cases, but should support efficient test execution by ensuring vehicles are properly prepared and available for testing teams, verifying vehicles are on the correct software baseline, coordinating vehicle availability to minimize test delays, supporting test teams by quickly identifying and resolving vehicle-related blockers
The candidate is expected to perform root cause analysis related to vehicle and fleet issues, including, investigating recurring vehicle faults, connectivity issues, or test failures, analysing diagnostic data, logs, and usage history to identify root causes, differentiating between software, hardware, and operational issues, documenting findings and resolutions to support continuous improvement
Fleet management is a core responsibility of the role. Expectations include, managing vehicle sign-out and sign-in processes, ensuring vehicles are maintained in test-ready condition, tracking vehicle status, location, usage, and health, coordinating maintenance, updates, and repairs, supporting audits and ensuring compliance with fleet policies
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
3–5 years of experience in software engineering, automotive product development, vehicle software operations, test systems, or complex embedded/software environments
Demonstrated experience managing test vehicles and executing vehicle software updates
Hands-on experience with scripting, automation, and diagnostic tools
Proven ability to perform advanced root cause analysis and debug complex system issues
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred
.NET Developer, API
Experience with .NET is preferred for: Developing internal tools, dashboards, or lightweight applications, integrating backend services with databases or APIs, supporting enterprise-level tooling used for fleet tracking and auditing
The candidate should have experience working with APIs to integrate vehicle data from multiple systems and support scalable and maintainable system integrations
Python or similar scripting languages
API interaction and data parsing
Log analysis and telemetry interpretation
Test automation frameworks
Toolchain development for vehicle operations
Technical writing and process documentation
Benefits
Medical
Dental
401k
Short-term disability
AD&D
Tuition reimbursement
And more
Company
Zobility
Zobility is a talent management and workforce solutions company that provides staffing and technical workforce services.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase