Engineer, AD/ADAS Vehicle Integration
Mercedes-Benz R&D North AmericaAbout the role
Join our Autonomous Driving team and help shape the next generation of automated driving technologies. We collaborate closely with leading US technology partners such as Google and NVIDIA, as well as our global engineering teams in Germany, to deliver cutting-edge hardware and software systems.
As a Vehicle Integration Engineer, you will support the V&V team by ensuring test vehicle software conformity and uptime. Additionally, you will collaborate with the validation team and telematics pre-integration teams to support their testing.
Relocation assistance (domestic or international) is not provided for this position.
Job Responsibilities:
- Debug integration issues, perform system analysis and performance evaluation.
- Execute the provided standard tests (pre drive test, health checks ...), analyze the results and address the bugs to the internal and external development partners.
- Implement and execute the test cases. Analyze test results and report corresponding bugs into tracking system.
Maintaining and updating test vehicles to the latest SW/HW levels
- Update and maintain SW and HW on dedicated test vehicles to both released and pre-released levels. The ability to flash ECUs, calibrate sensors, and perform ECU readouts is required.
- Troubleshoot software builds together with systems integration team and software developers
- Update and maintain the vehicle measurement equipment to always ensure proper operation.
- Utilize experience in advanced troubleshooting of complex CAN/Flexray/Ethernet based network architectures
- Create and support workshop orders required for more involved ECU/HW updates.
Communication and Reporting
- Keep regular communication with internal and external departments in order to stay informed on regularly shifting timelines related to all previously mentioned tasks.
- Maintain vehicle scheduling and track hardware and software availability in order to complete tasks on time and minimize vehicle down time.
- Support other engineering teams as needed and to stay informed of feature development, issues, and release status for AD/ADAS systems.
Other responsibilities
- Systematically test and evaluate the performance of AD/ADAS systems, with a focus on US-market specific conditions. Collect measurement data to identify, analyze, and document potential issues found during testing.
- Develop testing strategies and planning for ADAS testing projects, test routes, test methods, and reporting.
- Establish performance metrics relating to key ADAS testing deliverables and track on a recurring basis.
- Support budget planning and updates with customer departments.
- Support other engineering teams with vehicle testing and system knowledge when requested.
- Actively work on process development and continuous improvement.
- Align and share project status and testing results with other international testing sites.
- Research US specific traffic environment and condition related to Automated Driving and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering (mechanical, computer, computer science, mechatronics, electrical, etc).
- 3+ years of relevant work experience.
- Knowledge of Automated Driving and Driver Assistance Systems. Knowledge of competitor systems and all AD/ADAS sensor technologies.
- Strong Knowledge of System Testing, functional ADAS testing and developing test cases.
- Automotive Development Knowledge: Understanding of vehicle development process. Familiarity with vehicle networking architecture (CAN, Flexray, etc), common diagnostic tools and measurement systems such as CANoe, DTS Monaco, as well as ability to analyze and interpret diagnostic and fault measurements to trouble
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