Automotive Functional & Feature Specification Engineer

The Automotive Functional & Feature Specification Engineer is responsible for supporting requirements analysis, functional specification development, and feature definition activities for Automotive Electrical/Electronic (EE) systems, EE Architecture, Infotainment (IVI), and vehicle system development programs. The role focuses on translating stakeholder requirements into clear, traceable, and V-Model-compliant specifications that support design, development, integration, and validation activities.

Requirements Analysis

• Analyze vehicle-level, system-level, and component-level requirements.
• Support requirements elicitation from OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify gaps, ambiguities, dependencies, and inconsistencies in requirements.
• Classify requirements into functional, non-functional, safety-related, and interface requirements.
• Maintain end-to-end requirements traceability throughout the V-Model lifecycle.

Functional Specification Development

• Develop and maintain Functional Specification Documents (FSDs) for vehicle systems and ECUs.
• Define system behavior, operational scenarios, use cases, and functional flows.
• Document inputs, outputs, interfaces, signals, and error handling mechanisms.
• Ensure alignment with EE architecture and vehicle network topology.
• Update specifications based on design reviews, architecture changes, and change requests.

Feature Specification

• Define vehicle and system features, including objectives, scope, assumptions, and constraints.
• Document feature behavior, dependencies, functional decomposition, and acceptance criteria.
• Support decomposition of vehicle features into system and ECU-level requirements.
• Align feature specifications with vehicle programs and product roadmaps.

Collaboration & Support

• Collaborate with system architects, EE architects, software development teams, validation engineers, and program managers.
• Support requirement clarification during design, implementation, and testing phases.
• Participate in change impact analysis and maintain documentation updates.
• Identify and communicate risks, requirement gaps, and inconsistencies proactively.

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline.
• 0–6 years of experience in Automotive EE Systems, Functional Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Requirements Engineering.
• Understanding of automotive development processes and lifecycle models.

Technical Skills

• Automotive requirements engineering and analysis.
• Functional specification and feature definition.
• Requirements decomposition and traceability management.
• V-Model development lifecycle understanding.
• Functional analysis of vehicle systems and ECUs.
• Documentation and specification writing.

Tool Expertise

• IBM DOORS / DOORS Next for requirements management and traceability.
• PREEVISION for EE architecture modeling and feature decomposition.
• Jira for requirements and change management.
• Confluence for documentation and collaboration.
• MS Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for specification development and reporting.

Domain Knowledge

• Vehicle EE architecture concepts.
• System, subsystem, and ECU-level requirements engineering.
• Interface and signal definition.

• Knowledge of automotive communication protocols:
  • CAN
  • LIN
  • FlexRay
  • Automotive Ethernet
• Exposure to UML and SysML modeling.
• Experience with Enterprise Architect.
• Understanding of:
  • Functional Safety (ISO 26262)
  • ASPICE processes and practices.
• Awareness of automotive software and systems development methodologies.
• Exposure to infotainment (IVI) and vehicle feature development.

Required Experience

• 0–6 years of experience in:
  • Automotive EE Systems Engineering
  • Functional Engineering
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Feature Specification Development
  • Vehicle Systems Development

Preferred Experience

• Experience working with OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, or automotive engineering service organizations.
• Hands-on experience in requirements management and traceability tools.
• Exposure to automotive architecture, vehicle features, and ECU development projects.
• Experience supporting design, integration, validation, and change management activities.