Jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Leads ECU sustaining engineering and technical program management across zonal, battery, infotainment, connectivity, and vehicle access systems. Builds the sustaining organization, establishes plant and field triage processes, manages RMAs, failure analysis, engineering changes, supplier escalations, component obsolescence, supply continuity, and cost-down initiatives. Oversees outsourced engineering partners and contract manufacturers, including statements of work, capacity, quality, spend, and deliverables. Partners across engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and vehicle programs while driving KPIs and continuous improvement.

Develop and optimize computer vision and AI features for embedded automotive systems. Responsibilities include architecting low-latency pipelines, optimizing workloads across CPU, GPU, NPU, and DSP hardware, integrating deep learning inference, prototyping perception algorithms, and collaborating with product, research, and engineering teams.

Lead design reviews, validation planning, and bench characterization for infotainment and connectivity ECUs. Test power integrity, high-speed interfaces, RF performance, thermal behavior, protection, fault recovery, and firmware interactions. Develop Python automation, analyze large datasets with AI tools, create DFT reports, investigate failures, and drive cross-functional issues to closure. The role requires extensive laboratory instrumentation experience, electrical and RF fundamentals, and collaboration with design, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams.

Design, build, and operate scalable, low-latency real-time streaming infrastructure using Kafka/Redpanda and Apache Flink. Develop production streaming applications in Java/Scala/Python/Go, deploy on Kubernetes/Docker, ensure observability and reliability, support AI/ML pipelines, and collaborate across platform, data, and product teams to maintain operational excellence.

Own enterprise cybersecurity GRC operations, including TISAX and ISO 27001 certification cycles, audit readiness, evidence management, corrective actions, and risk-register administration. Coordinate internal control owners, auditors, consultants, and vendors across a complex joint venture. Track risk remediation, produce stakeholder reporting, maintain compliance documentation, and support automotive cybersecurity frameworks. Travel internationally and domestically to company sites for audits and stakeholder coordination.

Build and optimize C++ or Rust services running on vehicle compute across Linux, Android, and QNX. Work on telemetry, high-throughput vehicle data uploads, connected features, and on-device ML inference for speech and wake-word systems. Instrument, benchmark, debug, and performance-test software on constrained automotive hardware, while contributing design documents, code reviews, and field troubleshooting.

Develop and maintain embedded software for telematics and software-defined vehicle systems using modern C++ and/or Rust. Responsibilities include operating system programming, performance optimization, networking and middleware integration, embedded databases, communication protocols, security standards, and comprehensive unit testing. The role requires collaboration on Linux-based systems and may involve automotive protocols such as CAN, Ethernet, and UDS.

Own the end-to-end candidate interview experience, including scheduling, travel logistics, virtual and onsite coordination, issue resolution, and high-touch communication. Partner with recruiters and hiring teams to improve processes, maintain data integrity, support audits and compliance, and use Ashby and AI tools to increase operational efficiency. The role also supports Talent Operations initiatives such as background verification, immigration support, and automation.

Lead the design and development of enterprise data products and AI platforms. Build ELT pipelines, semantic models, governance, quality, observability, and lineage frameworks using dbt, SQL, Python, and Databricks. Develop executive analytics applications, conversational AI agents, RAG systems, and guardrails. Partner with senior leaders across business functions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on.

Owns end-to-end quality for consumer application products, defining test strategies, building scalable automation and test infrastructure, improving CI/CD pipelines, and driving release readiness. The role leads testing across mobile, cloud, embedded, vehicle access, infotainment, unit, integration, SIL, HIL, and end-to-end systems. It also mentors junior engineers, improves reliability and test coverage, analyzes pipeline performance, and establishes technical standards across the organization.

Bring up and own the Android Wi-Fi stack for wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, including SoftAP, connection management, networking, regulatory domains, RF coexistence, and certification. Debug driver and firmware issues with silicon vendors, build automated validation, support vehicle and bench testing, and lead cross-team technical efforts. The role requires deep embedded Wi-Fi expertise, strong C/C++ skills, Android framework experience, Linux networking knowledge, and 802.11 protocol proficiency.

Provide technical leadership for backend systems integrating manufacturing equipment with enterprise platforms. Design scalable, secure systems supporting real-time control, data flow, and production insights; mentor engineers; make architectural decisions; optimize performance; champion code quality; and drive initiatives to completion. The role requires extensive Golang expertise, industrial protocol integration, embedded systems experience, API development, message processing, databases, DevOps, and edge computing technologies.

Design and execute verification and characterization testing for automotive ECUs, especially zonal controllers. Analyze driver behavior, protection diagnostics, e-fuses, thermal performance, and fault conditions at IC and PCBA levels. Create test plans, coverage reports, automation scripts, instrumentation drivers, and DFT documentation. Use Python and AI tools for testing and dataset analysis, collaborate on firmware troubleshooting, and lead cross-functional root-cause investigations through closure.

Supports data engineering, analytics, and machine learning infrastructure projects for software-defined vehicle applications. Responsibilities include building Python and SQL data pipelines, maintaining ELT workflows, validating and transforming data, contributing to ML platform infrastructure, implementing automated data quality tests, supporting CI/CD workflows, collaborating with technical teams, and documenting internship work.

Senior Counsel, Commercial will lead commercial contracting, vendor agreements, procurement legal support, negotiation, risk mitigation, contract templates, and legal process development. The role partners with engineering and procurement teams, trains business stakeholders, oversees external counsel, and builds scalable contract lifecycle workflows and negotiation playbooks for a growing automotive technology joint venture.

Supports electrical and electromechanical hardware projects across design, validation, manufacturing readiness, and release. Responsibilities include circuit and packaging design, hardware debugging, validation testing, functional safety analysis, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration for automotive electronic control units.

Develop and test embedded software or control algorithms for vehicle systems including propulsion, charging, thermal management, body controls, and functional safety. Interns write production-quality C or C++ with Python test tooling, support SIL, HIL, and bench testing, debug issues, collaborate with systems and test engineers, and communicate technical progress.

Interns will design, develop, test, and document software for connected vehicle systems. Work may include backend services, distributed event-driven systems, connectivity infrastructure, cloud-native AWS services, systems integration, test automation, and vehicle telemetry or remote-command processing. Interns will participate in code reviews, design discussions, debugging, validation, and progress presentations while working full time from January through August 2027.

Software engineering interns will design, develop, test, and debug customer-facing infotainment, mobile, connectivity, and telematics software for software-defined vehicles. Projects may involve Android Automotive applications, platform software, wireless and cloud integrations, 3D graphics, automation, and integration testing. Interns will collaborate with product and design teams, resolve development issues, and present progress. Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program and proficient in Kotlin, Java, C++, or Python.

Develop Python automation frameworks for infotainment hardware test benches, manage CI/CD pipelines, maintain Linux test environments, and assemble physical test rigs. Troubleshoot failures across software, network, and hardware layers, monitor system and pipeline performance, integrate new hardware, and document configurations and procedures. The role collaborates with test, firmware, software, and DevOps teams in a hybrid Palo Alto environment.