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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # ADAS Diagnostic Systems Engineer - **Company:** Ford Motor Company - **Location:** Dearborn, MI, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $99,600.0 - $192,900.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Systems Engineering, Communications Protocols, Ethernet, Failure Mode Effects Analysis, Requirements Management, Software Engineering, Software Requirements Analysis - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us8c84dd79eae5a37871d2f66d3335c5e4/eaa ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field * 2+ years of experience in vehicle systems engineering, including architecture development, requirements definition and authoring, and failure mode analysis (DFMEA) * 2+ years of experience with automotive diagnostics development (DTCs, DIDs, diagnostic strategy/architecture) * Familiarity with diagnostic communication standards (e.g., UDS/ISO 14229, OBD) * Experience translating stakeholder needs or problem statements into technical requirements or design proposals * Strong learning agility, adaptability, and systems thinking * Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills * Proven ability to lead and collaborate within cross-functional teams * Effective verbal and written communication skills Even better, you may have… * Master's degree in Electrical, Controls, Computer, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering or a related field * 5+ years of experience in vehicle systems engineering, including architecture development, requirements definition and authoring, and failure mode analysis (DFMEA) * 5+ years of experience with automotive diagnostics development and architecture (DTCs, DIDs, diagnostic strategy) * Experience authoring diagnostic specifications or behavioral models (e.g., state diagrams, sequence diagrams, DTC maturation/healing logic) * Experience with electrical module design, in-vehicle communication protocols (CAN, LIN, Ethernet, UDS), and power distribution * Experience with requirements management tools and model-based systems engineering * Experience with systems engineering or electronic component release engineering during major vehicle build launch milestones * Experience leading root-cause analysis (e.g., 8D, 5-Why) with cross-functional or supplier teams * Experience with Agile methodologies ## Description The ADAS Diagnostics Systems Engineering team leads the development and implementation of diagnostic strategies for the ADAS System, leveraging manufacturing, service, and engineering data to ensure reliability, high performance, and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities: What you'll do... * Architect and own diagnostic strategy for assigned ADAS features/subsystems, as part of a broader diagnostics team responsible for the overall ADAS diagnostic architecture - defining diagnostic requirements, fault detection logic, DTC set structure, and failure response strategy for your area of responsibility from concept through production, using systems engineering principles, and ensuring alignment with the team's overall diagnostic strategy and architecture. * Author diagnostic specifications and behavioral models (e.g., state diagrams, sequence diagrams, DTC maturation/healing logic) that translate system-level failure modes into implementable diagnostic requirements for software and hardware teams. * Design diagnostic architecture in alignment with UDS (ISO 14229), OBD, and corporate diagnostic standards. * Serve as the intake and technical owner for enhanced diagnostics requests from internal customers - eliciting and clarifying the underlying problem statement or customer need, assessing priority and feasibility against the overall diagnostics scope of work in partnership with the diagnostics team, developing design proposals, and incorporating approved changes into diagnostic specifications. * Collaborate directly with software/controls engineers during feature development to define fault detection thresholds, enable conditions, and failure mode responses before code is written - not after issues surface in validation. * Lead or support root-cause investigations for diagnostic anomalies identified during development - Working with internal engineering functions and suppliers, identify defect source, feed findings back into diagnostic architecture and DTC strategy updates (continuous improvement, not just issue closure). * Develop troubleshooting guides and diagnostic documentation to enable engineering, manufacturing, and service teams to act on the diagnostics you designed. * Define and execute validation criteria for diagnostic specifications you author, ensuring diagnostic behavior meets intent - validation as the final checkpoint of a strategy you built, not a standalone verification task. * Manage diagnostic issue triage and DTC lifecycle management across the product lifecycle, with a focus on identifying architecture-level fixes rather than one-off patches., Description We are seeking a Senior Transmission Line Engineer who will work as a member of a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, solving challenging problems in electric t… + 8 hours ago, Description We are seeking a Senior Transmission Line Engineer who will work as a member of a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, solving challenging problems in electric t… + 8 hours ago + ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Agile work at CARIAD – Creating a customer web application for controlling the vehicle ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/200-agile-work-at-cariad-creating-a-customer-web-application-for-controlling-the-vehicle) - [The Gashlycrumb Tinies of AI Networking You Must Know (or Languish!)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2067-the-gashlycrumb-tinies-of-ai-networking-you-must-know-or-languish) - [ShapeShift: Reinventing Agile for a B2B SaaS Scale-Up](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1655-shapeshift-reinventing-agile-for-a-b2b-saas-scale-up) - [Automated Driving - Why is it so hard to introduce](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/628-automated-driving-why-is-it-so-hard-to-introduce) - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) ## Related Articles - [How software is steering vehicle technology](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/515-how-software-is-steering-vehicle-technology) - [What is Software Engineering?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/289-what-is-software-engineering) - [Top Characteristics of a Software Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/166-top-characteristics-of-a-software-engineer) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development)