Sr. Controls Engnieer, Body Controls
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies7 hours ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Architect and develop embedded control software for vehicle-management features using state machines, arbitration logic, and vehicle-mode handling.
- Review requirements and produce high-level functional specifications with systems, integration, and platform partners.
- Own features end to end and integrate them across multiple ECUs and vehicle networks through release readiness.
- Develop and maintain diagnostics and diagnostic interfaces for troubleshooting, manufacturing, and service.
- Support ISO 26262 safety analyses for passive-safety and vehicle-access features.
- Validate features in unit, SIL, HIL, and vehicle environments, including tuning, calibration, and automated regression activities.
- Troubleshoot functional, field, and fleet issues across physical, electrical, network, and software domains using vehicle data and logs.
- Prioritize and escalate issues based on user impact, safety relevance, and program objectives.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in electrical, computer, software engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience with automotive or embedded software systems.
- Expertise in C and Python.
- Strong knowledge of real-time operating systems, task scheduling, memory management, MPU protection, interrupts, and timing analysis.
- Experience with CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, UDS, DIDs, DTCs, diagnostic routines, and related tools.
- Experience with safety-relevant automotive software and functional safety methods including ISO 26262, FMEA, and fault trees.
- Understanding of hardware components relevant to body controls.
- Experience with requirements management systems such as JAMA or Flow.
- Experience with passive safety or vehicle access is strongly preferred.
- Experience building embedded-software test automation, SIL frameworks, HIL/VHIL test benches, automated regression, and CI integration is preferred.
- Experience applying AI-assisted software development tools and agents to code generation, test creation, and log or issue triage is preferred.
- Experience with test reporting and data pipelines for feature health and test coverage is preferred.
- Ability to travel up to 10%.
Benefits
- Full-time positions may be eligible for an annual company performance bonus program, with discretionary payments based on company results and plan terms.
- Eligible employees may receive equity in the form of RSUs, subject to approval, vesting, and applicable plan terms.
- Benefits include health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs, with offerings varying by country.
- The company is an equal opportunity employer and provides an accessible hiring process with disability accommodations.
About Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a 2024 joint venture building software and electrical architectures for software-defined electric vehicles. It develops in-vehicle operating systems, zonal controllers, connectivity, and cloud solutions used by Rivian and Volkswagen Group brands. The privately held company is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, and focuses on creating a shared platform that can be integrated and licensed across multiple vehicle programs.