Senior Network and Communications Software Engineer

ABOUT Re:Car dba SLATE:

Re:Car dba SLATE is a new US company that is exploring development in the electric vehicle space.

Who we are looking for:

The Sr. Network and Communications Software Engineer will lead the vehicle software team. This position will be responsible for working with teams across the organization to ensure the software communication plans for the company has a high quality execution.

What you get to do:

1. Develop Communications requirements and manage the development, sourcing, and engineering of these solutions.
2. Design and development of AUTOSAR based vehicle serial communication protocols and configurations, ECU services, interface layers for application and base-software components.
3. Responsible for communication requirements homologation and traceability.
4. Responsible for developing bootloader software interface, component and sub-components requirements and interface to cybersecurity module based on the needs of vehicle architecture.
5. Work with 3rd party communication stack providers and vendors in analyzing and creating vehicle serial communication protocol software requirements such as UDS, CAN/CAN-FD, Ethernet, SPI and/or LIN during prototype phase and standardization for production intent ECUs.
6. Define and maintain fault code management strategy.
7. Implementation of UDS diagnostic services for all CAN based modules and validate it against development and service tools.
8. Develop and maintain vehicle communication software interface specification and requirements (CAN database or vehicle communication matrix) to interact with external ECUs, manufacturing, EOL and test bench tools.
9. Responsible for handling the large ECU extract and serial communication database files (.DBC and .LDF).

What you bring to the team:

1. Bachelor’s degree in engineering Electrical and/or Computer engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science.
2. 5 years’ experience in bootloader and diagnostic communication protocols development such as UDS, Secure boot, ECU security (proficiency in ISO 14229, ISO 15765, and ISO 11898).
3. 3 years’ experience in CAN vehicle matrix authoring and management via .dbc and diagnostic content management via the usage of .CDD files.
4. 2 years’ experience in automotive vehicle serial communication software development using C/C++ programming or Python scripting experience.
5. 2 years’ experience in using vehicle serial communication tools and/or scripting using but not limited to Calibration, fault injection, XCP, test control panels or software EOL testers.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Master of science degree in engineering in Electrical and/or Computer engineering, Electronics Engineering, Computer Science.
2. Strong Knowledge in Bootloader integration, Flash Bootloader, E2E, XCP, Cyber security and FOTA (Flash over the air).
3. Develop software work products in compliance with ISO-26262 and ASPICE standards.
4. Experience with multi-core, pre-emptive RTOS and base software development in AUTOSAR environment and its configurations.
5. Experience in memory management techniques, interface debugging and software implementation for production intent ECUs.
6. Experience in design and development of diagnostics and device control algorithms.
7. Extensive experience in requirements, change and configuration management tools such as IBM-DOORS-NG, JIRA, Bitbucket, IBM-RTC etc.

We want to work with people that reflect the communities in which we operate:

1. Re:Car dba SLATE is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status, marital status, parental status, cultural background, organizational level, work styles, tenure and life experiences. Or for any other reason.
2. Re:Car dba SLATE is committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at or (813) 468-7257.