2 months ago
Base Salary
$207k - $258k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and deliver autonomy features using the Rivian Autonomy Stack.
- Define operational design domains and functional, performance, and safety requirements for automated driving and active safety features.
- Architect solutions, define interfaces, and identify cross-functional dependencies.
- Collaborate with pose, perception, planning, motion control, software infrastructure, logging, simulation, data analytics, cloud, chassis, vehicle dynamics, UI/UX, and vehicle software teams.
- Define feature evaluation metrics and deploy the required infrastructure and methods.
- Lead development, triage, integration, testing, root-cause analysis, mitigation, and process improvements.
- Coordinate feasibility, development status, risks, limitations, and schedules with program teams.
- Represent autonomy in architecture and design reviews, feasibility studies, timeline reviews, FMEAs, and impact analyses.
- Facilitate consensus during complex cross-functional technical discussions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in aerospace, electrical, mechatronics, computer science, robotics, or a related field.
- 7+ years of professional systems engineering or software development experience with a bachelor's degree, or 6+ years with a master's degree.
- Experience building autonomous systems or similarly complex robotics systems and deploying software in production environments.
- Understanding of the operation and limitations of autonomous-driving hardware, including sensors and compute.
- Working knowledge of automotive standards, regulations, and test protocols including ECE, USNCAP, IIHS, EUNCAP, and UNECE.
- Moderate programming skills in C, C++, and Python, with the ability to understand and navigate software code.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, presentation, teamwork, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Preferred: knowledge of current and emerging automotive sensor technologies and industry algorithms.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits are available to eligible full-time and part-time employees and their families, including paid vacation, paid sick leave, life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, and long-term disability insurance.
- Eligible employees may participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- Full-time employee coverage begins on the first day of employment; part-time coverage begins on the first day of the month after 90 days of employment.
About Rivian
Rivian designs and manufactures electric vehicles, including the R1T pickup, R1S SUV, and commercial delivery vans, selling directly to consumers and fleet operators. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Irvine, California, it operates a manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois, and is publicly traded on NASDAQ. The company also develops in-vehicle software and electrical architecture and offers charging and service support for its owners.