RLE INTERNATIONAL Group · 11 hours ago
Product Development Engineer (Test Engineer)
Dearborn, MI
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expRLE INTERNATIONAL is a leading engineering and consultation service provider in the mobility and energy industries. The Product Development Engineer will manage and operate test vehicles to support vehicle software development and validation, focusing on vehicle operations, maintenance, and advanced root cause analysis.
AutomotiveConsultingIndustrial Engineering
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 behavior 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
Analyze logs, traces, diagnostics, and vehicle telemetry to isolate failures related to software updates, configuration issues, or vehicle behavior
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
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
Scripting, Software Testing, Test Automation, Test Execution, Root Cause Analysis, Fleet Management
Preferred
.NET Developer 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
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
Company
RLE INTERNATIONAL Group
The RLE INTERNATIONAL Group is one of the world’s leading development, technology and consultation service providers to the international mobility and service industries.
1001-5000 employees
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