Teams at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

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.

Own end-to-end release validation for infotainment and connectivity software. Perform exploratory white-box testing, vehicle and hardware-bench debugging, log and bus-traffic analysis, failure reverse engineering, and root-cause investigation. Partner with engineering leaders and architects to improve automated coverage, system design, and preventative quality practices. Serve as the technical release gatekeeper and communicate system readiness to stakeholders.

Own the end-to-end BSP integration, automated testing, HIL validation, and release lifecycle for automotive connectivity and infotainment platforms. Lead hardware bring-up, test planning, regression analysis, root-cause investigations, integration decisions, and production release gates. Mentor engineers, review code and test strategies, establish HAL interface contracts, and coordinate cross-functional readiness reviews. The role requires deep embedded Linux, kernel, driver, Yocto, C, Python, and automotive connectivity testing expertise.