Sr. Software Systems Engineer, Autonomy

In this role, you will help analyze real-world driving data at scale to evaluate Rivian’s Autonomy features. At Rivian, your contributions will directly enhance the daily experience and safety of our customers - by continuously measuring the quality and performance of features, driving crucial improvements aligned with Rivian’s mission.

• Design, develop and deploy KPIs and metrics to evaluate the quality and performance of Active Safety features built on Rivian’s Autonomy Stack
• Develop scalable frameworks for measuring feature performance based on the operational design domain, functional, performance, and safety requirements
• Optimize existing methodologies and ensure they integrate seamlessly with production workflows
• Develop signatures that identify and trigger events of interest leveraging Rivian’s autonomy logging pipeline
• Collaborate within Autonomy development teams such as pose, perception, planning, motion control for end-to-end metric design and development
• Work closely with the Simulation Infrastructure team for development, integration, and testing of metrics
• Collaborate with the Data Analytics and Cloud teams to visualize metrics and insights in dashboards

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Aerospace, Electrical, Mechatronics, Computer Science, Robotics or a related field.
• 4+ years (Bachelor’s)/2+ years (Master’s) professional experience in systems engineering or software development, building Autonomous Vehicle(AV) systems or similarly complex Robotics systems.
• Excellent data analysis and programming skills (Python, SQL). Ability to understand and navigate software code (C/C++) is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability working with large-scale datasets and AV simulation frameworks.
• Understanding and knowledge of industry standard Active Safety and Automated Driving features such as Emergency Braking, Lane Centering, Hands-free Driving etc.
• Solid understanding and knowledge of Autonomy domains such as Perception, Pose, Path Planning and Controls.
• Strong problem-solving skills in a highly cross-functional and fast paced environment.