Vehicle Systems Engineer - £60,000

VPss • Permanent • Birmingham, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom • £55,000 - £60,000 / year • 3w ago

Location: anywhere in the UK

This Vehicle Systems Engineer role sits at the heart of my clients vehicle compatibility programme. The Vehicle Systems Engineer is responsible for acquiring, researching, and reverse engineering the latest EV and commercial vehicles to extract the key data that underpins the businesses driver behaviour and efficiency platform, enabling full functionality of in-cab products. They will support these responsibilities through automating processes and tooling.

The Vehicle Systems Engineer role requires a methodical, proactive approach to building and maintaining a vehicle integration pipeline, delivering a growing portfolio of integrated vehicles. It also demands strong stakeholder relationships with vehicle OEMs, builders, and fleet operators.

Location: This role is remote; however, we ideally seek candidates based in or around the Birmingham area who can travel to vehicle suppliers, OEM partners, and customer fleet sites.

Vehicle Systems Engineer Main Duties and Responsibilities

Vehicle Acquisition and Connectivity:

Source and acquire target vehicles for integration based on the vehicle integration roadmap
Identify and access vehicle data through interfaces such as OBDII, proprietary connectors, inductive sensors, and direct vehicle loom access
Capture and log raw vehicle data in a structured and contextualised format enabling analysis and simulation
Decode and map signals to derive meaningful parameters such as speed, battery state, torque, and fault codes
Document integrations for usage by Field Installation Engineers and customer self-installers
Optimise integration processes through automation and enhanced tooling

Own and continually improve vehicle data simulator(s) for process optimisation and integration testing
Drive a high cadence of vehicle integrations, ensuring new vehicle support reaches production at pace

Contribute to the vehicle integration roadmap, prioritising own work accordingly
Track progress against integration targets and proactively flag risks or blockers
Maintain close relationships with vehicle OEMs and bodybuilders to obtain technical documentation and early access to new platforms

Coordinate field research and testing of new integrations with Field Installation Engineers
Act as the technical point of contact for vehicle compatibility queries from internal teams and Field Installation Engineers
Work closely with the Embedded & Vehicle Systems team to translate findings into firmware and application updates

Contribute to root cause analysis for vehicle compatibility issues raised in the field
Support pre-sales and account management with vehicle compatibility assessments where required
Proactively identify new approaches to vehicle data acquisition as OEM architectures evolve

Contribute ideas to improve integration tooling, documentation practices, and testing processes
Stay current with EV platform developments and emerging vehicle communication standards

Key Skills

Strong programming skillset, including Python and C/C++
Experience of vehicle systems, including diagnostics and electrical architecture
Deep technical knowledge of diagnostic standards (e.g. SAE J1939, SAE J1979)
Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail
Proactive planner who can manage a broad workload and maintain momentum
Confident communicator with internal teams, OEMs, and fleet customers
Commercially aware and outcome-focused
Comfortable working with physical vehicles and diagnostic hardware

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