Jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Lead end-to-end testing for automotive infotainment firmware and features. Develop and execute test plans, design automated integration tests, identify and drive defect resolution, maintain test environments, and mentor QA engineers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test strategy and communicate risks and results.

Investigate cross-stack vehicle-to-cloud issues at fleet scale by analyzing telemetry (SQL, PySpark, Databricks), debugging embedded Linux and networking, performing on-vehicle diagnostics, gating releases with fleet data, building automated monitoring and dashboards, and driving durable fixes with firmware, platform, cloud, and vendor teams.

Integrate and validate vehicle features across software, hardware, and diagnostics. Perform bench/HIL/vehicle testing, debug networked ECU interactions (CAN/LIN/Ethernet), triage issues, execute integration test plans, and develop Python-based tooling to accelerate log analysis and root cause investigation.

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.

Lead ECU-level bring-up, validation, and optimization for infotainment systems. Develop validation features, stress tests, manufacturing EOL software, and multimedia (camera/display) subsystem validation. Collaborate with hardware, test automation, and software teams to debug, document, and improve diagnostics and performance across CPU/GPU/NPU workloads and interfaces.

Lead enterprise GenAI platform architecture and strategy; design and own agentic LLM systems at scale; drive company-wide LLM integration and cognitive automation roadmap; set engineering standards for distributed ML systems; align cross-functional and executive stakeholders; mentor and hire senior engineering talent.

Lead cross-company technical program delivering hardware+software vehicle subsystems. Own requirements governance, change-request process, integration, validation, resource and timeline management, and stakeholder alignment across Rivian and Volkswagen. Referee cross-domain trade-offs, drive technical maturity, plan integration/validation and software releases, and report status to leadership.

Develop and operate Digital Twin infrastructure and AI-assisted systems engineering tools. Build multi-fidelity FMU plant models and FMI co-simulations, deploy LLM-based pipelines (RAG, semantic search) integrated with GitLab CI/CD, and perform hands-on systems engineering, requirements authoring, safety analyses, and model correlation with vehicle and fleet data.

Design, build, and operate developer platform infrastructure to support firmware build pipelines. Implement IaC patterns, GitOps, Kubernetes operators, CI optimization, cloud reliability, security policy-as-code, and developer tooling while mentoring engineers and collaborating on architecture and risk mitigation.

Lead product design within a cross-functional squad for high-density desktop and cross-platform enterprise tools. Own the design lifecycle, maintain a system of record for product logic, produce production-ready visuals and interactions, validate ideas with research and data, prototype, and partner closely with product, program, and engineering to align scope and decisions.

Own and operate Android CI pipelines for high-uptime cloud builds. Improve build reliability and performance via caching, profiling, hermeticity fixes, container tuning, and tooling governance to support massive-scale continuous builds.

Lead vehicle-level systems engineering to define architectures, decompose subsystems, manage cross-functional integration, mitigate system risks, and ensure performance, reliability, and safety during development and launch of software-defined electric vehicles.

Lead and mentor a team building real-time 3D infotainment visualizations and ADAS displays. Oversee design, development, testing in lab and prototype vehicles, drive technical direction, collaborate with UX/UI and studio teams, manage timelines and deliverables, and research new 3D technologies and interfaces.

Develop and validate ECU-level embedded software for infotainment systems: platform bring-up, driver integration, validation feature development, stress/performance testing, manufacturing EOL software, multimedia (camera/display) validation, debugging with hardware tools, and cross-team collaboration and documentation.

Lead architecture and development of large-scale agentic systems integrating LLMs into production applications. Define LLM integration strategy, drive cognitive automation roadmap, establish org-wide engineering standards for scalable, observable distributed ML systems, and provide technical leadership across teams and executives.

Lead regulatory engineering for a software-defined vehicle domain: author and maintain DVPs, ensure regulation-to-code traceability, guide engineering and homologation stakeholders, assess change impacts, coordinate validation testing and certification evidence, and improve scalable homologation processes across programs and markets.

Design, implement, and own the display and graphics pipeline for Android and non-Android automotive platforms. Work on SurfaceFlinger, HWC, compositors (Wayland/Weston/OpenWFD), driver integration, multi-display architectures, performance optimization (60FPS+, low latency), SoC display bring-up, and cross-layer debugging with hardware and kernel teams.

Lead and operate ProdOps as senior SRE: coordinate and communicate during high-severity incidents, run blameless post-incident reviews, prioritize and drive systemic action items, verify fixes, build automation and observability (including AI-agent workflows), and grow a lean team while mentoring engineers and setting technical standards.

Lead delivery of 2–3 concurrent enterprise IT programs end-to-end. Manage planning, milestones, risks, stakeholder communication, Jira program boards, cross-functional dependencies, vendor SOWs, and PMO standards. Run weekly syncs, produce status updates, and mentor junior PMs while building PMO frameworks and processes.

Lead production launch test engineering for automotive ECUs: define scalable test strategies, industrialize flashing and DFT, coordinate across contract manufacturers, drive PFMEA/PPAP, perform root cause and failure analysis, monitor production KPIs, and close corrective actions to ensure successful LRIP-to-volume transitions.