Gear 5 Automation

What you'll do

At Scout Motors, you don't just design vehicles- you shape the future of the road. Our Engineering team is where bold ideas meet rigorous execution, building machines that are as durable and capable as the people who drive them. You'll work shoulder-to-shoulder with brilliant minds across disciplines, turning complex challenges into elegant, scalable solutions that meet the highest standards of safety, performance, and user experience. This is a place where your fingerprints are found on metal - where what you design gets built, driven, and remembered. If you're hungry to engineer something that matters, Scout Motors is where that ambition finds its highest gear. 

We are seeking a highly motivated CI/CD Automation Engineer to develop and scale automation infrastructure for secondary ECU software integration and full vehicle software packaging within a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) ecosystem. This role focuses on enabling reliable, secure, and high-velocity software delivery pipelines across distributed vehicle systems, supporting everything from individual ECU builds to complete vehicle software release packages and OTA deployment workflows. The ideal candidate has strong experience in embedded systems, DevOps automation, release engineering, and automotive software integration in fast-paced environments. Role is the backbone of software delivery for vehicle platforms ensuring ECU SW packages are reliably built, traceable, configurable, and deployable at scale enabling faster iteration, safer releases, and seamless integration across complex EV systems. 

Become part of an iconic brand that is set to revolutionize the electric pick-up truck & rugged SUV marketplace by achieving the following:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable CI/CD pipelines for secondary ECU software and full vehicle software releases.  
• Automate build, integration, validation, and packaging workflows across multiple ECU domains.  
• Develop orchestration frameworks for incremental builds, multi-ECU dependency management, artifact generation, software versioning, release traceability  
• Optimize pipeline execution time, scalability, and reliability. 
• Automate vehicle manifest generation, package signing, dependency validation, binary compatibility checks, OTA release bundle creation  
• Support coordinated software releases across body ECUs, gateway ECUs, infotainment, ADAS/Autonomy modules, connectivity systems  
• Build release gating and approval workflows for production vehicle software.  
• Integrate automated validation into CI pipelines including unit tests, integration tests, SIL/HIL testing, regression suites, flash validation, vehicle bring-up checks 
• Develop automation around containerized build environments, cross-compilation toolchains, ECU flashing tools, vehicle simulation frameworks 
• Manage versioning strategy, release branching and tagging and dependency management across ECU software stacks  
• Ensure alignment and delivery between ECU releases and vehicle-level integration milestones  
• Enable reproducible builds with traceability from commit artifact vehicle 
• Design and manage artifact storage and distribution systems: firmware binaries, calibration data, configuration files  
• Implement version-controlled artifact repositories and metadata tracking  
• Ensure secure and reliable delivery of artifacts to integration, vehicle builds, OTA systems and manufacturing pipelines 
• Develop tooling to generate custom ECU builds (feature flags, configuration variants, debug/release modes) and vehicle-level software packages (multi-ECU bundles) for on-demand builds for specific test or vehicle configurations 

Location & Travel Expectations:

• This role may be based out of the Scout Motors corporate headquarters in Charlotte, NC. 
• This role requires 4-5 days per week in the office, with regular in-person meetings and events. 
• Applicants should expect that the role will require the ability to convene with Scout colleagues in person and travel to participate in events on behalf of the company from time to time.

What you'll bring 

We expect all Scout employees to have integrity, curiosity, resourcefulness, and strive to exhibit a positive attitude, as well as a growth mindset. You'll be comfortable with change and flexible in a fast-paced, high-growth environment. You'll take a collaborative approach to achieve ambitious goals. Here's what else you'll bring: 

• Master's degree in computer engineering, Computer Science, or a related field with 10+ yrs. of experience 
• Strong understanding of vehicle E/E architecture and ECU-level software stacks, automotive communication protocols (CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Ethernet), UDS diagnostics (ISO 14229) and diagnostic communication tools 
• Expert knowledge of Jira, GitHub/GitLab, Jenkins, and Artifactory. ALM/PLM proficiency in Siemens Polarion, IBM DOORS Next Gen, or PTC Windchill. 
• Strong understanding, development and verification of plant and control models in MATLAB/Simulink for execution in hardware in the loop test environment, dSpace control desk and automation desk   
• Strong understanding of 1st principles in Engineering, result/solution oriented.  
• Familiarity with SW for embedded systems, EE systems and architecture  
• Familiarity with A2B, CAN, Automotive Ethernet, LIN, LVDS communication protocols and Vehicle Network tools, such as CANalyzer, CANoe, etc., 
• Expertise with complex problem solving, data analysis, access/interpret/drive results with extended teams.  
• Knowledge of Automotive design and development process, system requirements, and general engineering best practices  

What you'll gain

The benefits of joining Scout include the chance to build products and a company from the ground up.  This is a chance to create something new and lasting - with an iconic brand at its foundation.  In addition, Scout provides competitive compensation and benefits to support your physical, mental, and financial wellbeing. Program specifics are detailed in company policies and employee benefit guides, select highlights:

• Competitive insurance including:
  • Medical, dental, vision and income protection plans
• 401(k) program with:
  • An employer match and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off including:
  • 20 days planned PTO, as accrued
  • 40 hours of unplanned PTO and 14 company or floating holidays, annually
  • Up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave for biological and adoptive parents of all genders
  • Paid leave for circumstances related to bereavement, jury duty, voting time, or military leave

Pay Transparency

This is a full-time, exempt position eligible to receive a base salary and to participate in an annual performance bonus program. Final salary offered will be determined based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience. The annual performance bonus program is preset and not candidate dependent.

Initial base salary range = $140,000.00 - $170,000.00

Internal leveling code: IC8