Sr. Test Automation Engineer - Functional Safety
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies5 months ago
Base Salary
$135k - $186k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts for functional-safety verification and validation.
- Implement fault-injection testing on LabCar, vehicle, integrated HIL, and DynoHIL environments.
- Automate testing for steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems.
- Collaborate with functional-safety, software, hardware, systems, integration, development, and program-management teams.
- Build reporting pipelines showing requirement-level test coverage and traceability.
- Analyze test results, identify anomalies, and provide technical recommendations.
- Improve test automation coverage and execution efficiency for rapid software releases.
- Help define integration test strategies and select tools as the internal automation capability scales.
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical/Electronic, Mechanical, Software, or Computer Engineering, or a similar field.
- More than five years of automotive-industry experience or equivalent, including at least two years focused on test automation or automated V&V.
- Hands-on experience developing automated test scripts and frameworks in HIL, LabCar, or vehicle test environments.
- Proficiency in Python, CAPL, or similar scripting and programming languages.
- High proficiency with Vector CANoe, CANalyzer, and vTESTstudio, plus diagnostic tools.
- Experience with CAN and LIN bus protocols and fault-injection techniques.
- Familiarity with CI/CD concepts for automotive test execution and reporting.
- Understanding of vehicle systems across dynamics, body, thermal, energy, and ADAS domains.
- Exposure to ISO 26262 and experience producing verification and validation evidence for safety mechanisms.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to report status and findings to senior management.
- Experience with test-management and requirements-traceability tools such as Jira, Confluence, or DOORS is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive base salary, annual company performance bonus eligibility, and equity in the form of RSUs for eligible full-time positions.
- Comprehensive benefits may include health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family-planning programs, with offerings varying by country.
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.