Scout Motors

Automotive

Sr.SpecialistSecurity&FuSa.Integration

$140–170k Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
The Brief

“Sr. Specialist – Security & FuSa. Integration at Scout Motors. Skills: Vehicle Cybersecurity, Functional Safety, Embedded Systems, SDV Integration. Integrate and validate vehicle cybersecurity mechanisms. Perform security testing for secure boot”

Industry & Context.

Automotive
Problems you'll solve

Complex problem solving; Data analysis; Troubleshooting intermittent failures; Troubleshooting system-level integration issues

Eligibility Requirements

4-5 days per week in office, Regular in-person meetings, Travel to participate in events

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Master's degree in Electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field, 10+ years of experience, Understanding of vehicle E/E architecture, Understanding of ECU-level software stacks, Understanding of automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), Understanding of UDS diagnostics (ISO), Experience with CAN, Experience with Automotive Ethernet, Experience with LIN, Experience with LVDS communication protocols, Experience with Vehicle Network tools, Experience with complex problem solving, Experience with data analysis, Experience with access/interpret/drive results with extended teams, Knowledge of Automotive design and development process, Knowledge of system requirements, Knowledge of general engineering best practices

Nice to Have

Experience in automotive cybersecurity, Experience with ISO 26262, Experience in embedded systems validation, Experience in vehicle integration environments

What You'll Do.

Integrate and validate vehicle cybersecurity mechanisms

Perform security testing for secure boot

Perform security testing for secure flashing

Perform security testing for ECU authentication

Perform security testing for secure diagnostics

Perform security testing for vehicle communication security

Perform security testing for OTA security validation

Validate implementation of cybersecurity controls

Develop penetration testing strategies

Develop vulnerability testing strategies

Support threat analysis activities

Support risk assessment activities

Validate cryptographic services

Validate key provisioning

Validate certificate handling

Validate secure communication protocols

Support integration of functional safety requirements

Support verification of functional safety requirements

Validate safety-critical software

Validate system behavior across ECU integrations

Validate system behavior across vehicle integrations

Execute fault injection testing

Execute safety mechanism validation

Execute watchdog verification

Execute diagnostic coverage analysis

Execute fail-safe testing

Execute fail-operational testing

Verify safety requirements traceability

Collaborate with system safety teams

Collaborate with platform teams

Collaborate with software teams

Design edge-case scenarios power loss during flashing

Design edge-case scenarios ignition cycles mid-update

Design edge-case scenarios arbitration cycles mid-update

Design edge-case scenarios reliability with network interruptions

Validate recovery strategies

Validate rollback behavior

Validate ECU reprogramming resilience

Ensure no-brick behavior for safety-critical ECUs

Design scalable regression test suites

Analyze large-scale CAN logs

Analyze large-scale Ethernet logs

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Across disciplines; With system safety teams; With platform teams; With software teams

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