Lead Engineer – Secondary ECU releases (Artifacts & Binaries)

The role

You will own end-to-end software delivery for distributed ECU systems in next-generation Software Defined Vehicle platforms. This includes managing build systems, binary generation, calibration artifacts, and CI/CD validation for secondary ECUs.

What you will do

• Own the full lifecycle of secondary ECU software releases from source code to vehicle deployment.
• Coordinate multi-ECU release synchronization across various domains.
• Define ECU release baselines, versioning strategy, and software configuration management.
• Ensure alignment between ECU software versions, calibration sets, and vehicle configurations.
• Own ECU build pipelines and binary generation workflows.
• Ensure deterministic, reproducible builds across ECU variants and hardware revisions.
• Manage generation of ECU firmware binaries, bootloaders, application images, and calibration datasets.
• Own artifact lifecycle management including storage, versioning, and access control.
• Maintain full traceability from source code to vehicle deployment.
• Manage artifact repositories.

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• 12+ yrs. Of experience
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks
• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet)
• Knowledge of UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools
• Expert knowledge of Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory
• ALM/PLM Proficiency in Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Gen, or PTC Windchill
• Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink
• Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering
• Familiarity with SW for embedded systems, EE systems and architecture
• Familiarity with A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS communication protocols and Vehicle Network tools, such as CANalyzer, CANoe, etc.
• Expertise with complex problem solving, data analysis, access/interpret/drive results with extended teams

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with employer match and immediate vesting
• 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
• 40 hours of unplanned PTO
• 14 company or floating holidays, annually
• Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
• Paid leave for bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave

Before you apply

• Applicants must be 18 years of age or older
• This role is not eligible for remote work in New York City

About the company

Scout Motors is an iconic American brand electrifying and digitizing rugged SUVs and trucks. The company focuses on innovation and creating vehicles for exploration and daily use.