Experience

- Total Experience: 7–9 years
- Relevant Experience: Minimum 3+ years in automotive infotainment, automotive seating, or embedded systems, including hands-on experience with seat-control features.

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior Automotive Software Requirements Engineer with experience in requirements analysis, software specification, and traceability management. The candidate should have knowledge of automotive infotainment (IVI), embedded systems, and/or automotive seating systems, along with familiarity with DOORS DNG, automotive communication protocols, functional safety, and cybersecurity.

Key Responsibilities

- Analyze, decompose, and manage software requirements for automotive infotainment and seating features.
- Author and maintain software specifications with clear end-to-end traceability.
- Develop and maintain requirement traceability matrices across requirements, design, and test cases.
- Use IBM DOORS DNG for requirements management and version control.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define IVI architecture, including head units, middleware, and applications.
- Support HMI/UX design and validation for infotainment systems.
- Work with multimedia subsystems such as audio, video, and navigation.
- Analyze and validate automotive communication protocols, including CAN, LIN, Ethernet, UDS, and OBD-II.
- Apply AUTOSAR knowledge during requirements analysis and interface definition.
- Support functional safety requirements based on ISO 26262 and ASIL concepts.
- Apply automotive cybersecurity concepts based on ISO/SAE 21434, including TARA awareness, secure diagnostics, authentication, and secure updates.
- Analyze requirements for seating functions such as lumbar support, recline, slide, tilt, memory, heating, ventilation, and massage.




- Define and review seat ECU interfaces involving motors, sensors, switches, and vehicle networks.
- Specify seat diagnostics and safety behavior, including obstruction detection, anti-pinch protection, thermal protection, and fault handling.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across hardware, software, system engineering, and testing teams.

Primary Skills
- Automotive Software Requirements Engineering
- Requirement Analysis and Decomposition
- IBM DOORS / DOORS DNG
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Software Specification and Documentation
- Automotive Infotainment (IVI)
- Automotive Seating Systems
- Embedded Systems
- CAN, LIN, Ethernet, UDS, OBD-II
- Linux, QNX, Android Automotive

Secondary Skills
- IVI Architecture and Middleware
- HMI/UX and Multimedia Systems
- AUTOSAR Classic/Adaptive
- Functional Safety – ISO 26262, ASIL
- Automotive Cybersecurity – ISO/SAE 21434, TARA
- Seat ECU and Mechatronics
- Seat Control Functions and Diagnostics
- Verification and Validation
- OTA Updates and Connected Services

Required Qualifications
- Strong experience in requirements analysis, decomposition, and specification writing.
- Hands-on experience with DOORS DNG or equivalent requirements management tools.
- Understanding of requirements traceability and version management.
- Knowledge of automotive embedded systems and communication protocols.
- Familiarity with functional safety, automotive cybersecurity, and AUTOSAR concepts.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.

Preferred Attributes
- Ability to work independently and mentor junior engineers.
- Experience collaborating across hardware, software, and UX teams.
- Exposure to OTA updates and connected automotive services.
- Robust system-level thinking and technical documentation skills.

📌 Senior Automotive Software Requirements Engineer (Pune)
🏢 ALTEN
📍 Pune