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Vehicle Systems Engineer

ISR Recruitment LtdMidlands🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 16 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote Vehicle Systems Engineer role offers exciting opportunities to leverage your Python and C/C++ expertise within the growing sustainability sector, with a competitive GBP 60,000 salary and comprehensive benefits. You'll thrive here if you possess a strong analytical mindset, deep knowledge of vehicle diagnostics, and enjoy the challenge of reverse engineering complex systems to drive innovation. Apply now to contribute to cutting-edge advancements in vehicle technology and expand your skills in a dynamic, outcome-focused environment.

Quick Overview

Salary
£60k/yr
Work Type
Remote
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Mid Senior

Job Description

  • Vehicle Systems Engineer
  • Remote (Ideally Midlands-based and no sponsorship available)
  • Up to £60,000 Per Year
  • Pension, Bonus, Life Insurance, Healthcare, etc.

Skills and Experience:

  • Strong programming skill set, must include Python and C/C++
  • Experience of vehicle systems, including diagnostics and electrical architecture
  • Deep technical knowledge of diagnostic standards (eg SAE J1939, SAE J1979)
  • Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail
  • Proactive planner who can manage a broad workload and maintain momentum
  • Confident communicator with internal teams, Original Equipment Manufacturers and fleet customers
  • Commercially aware and outcome-focused
  • Comfortable working with physical vehicles and diagnostic hardware
  • Must have had experience being responsible for sourcing and reverse engineering vehicles to read data
  • Work closely with the Embedded & Vehicle Systems team to translate findings into firmware and application updates
  • Contribute to root cause analysis for vehicle compatibility issues raised in the field
  • Support pre-sales and account management with vehicle compatibility assessments where required
  • Identify and access vehicle data through interfaces such as OBDII, proprietary connectors, inductive sensors and direct vehicle loom access
  • Capture and log raw vehicle data in a structured and contextualised format enabling analysis and simulation

The Opportunity:

My client based in the sustainability sector are currently on the lookout for a Vehicle Systems Engineer on a permanent basis. Within this role you will be responsible for acquiring, researching and reverse engineering the latest EV and commercial vehicles to extract the key data that underpins my client's behaviour and efficiency platform and in turn this will be enabling full functionality of in-cab products. You will support these responsibilities through automating processes and tooling.

The role requires a methodical, proactive approach to building and maintaining a vehicle integration pipeline, delivering a growing portfolio of integrated vehicles. It also demands strong stakeholder relationships with vehicle OEMs, builders and fleet operators. The role is fully remote however they have said Midlands preferred as there is travel to OEM and client sites involved within the role.

Applications:

To learn more about our client and this great opportunity on offer working as a Vehicle Systems Engineer base in the Midlands region of England; please call and speak with John Noonan here at ISR Recruitment or please email me a copy of your very latest CV and I'll call you back to discuss the role in more detail.

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