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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Systems Integration Engineer - **Company:** Rivian - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $116,300.0 - $159,950.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Automation of Tests, Software Documentation, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Embedded Software, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Python (Programming Language), Log Analysis, MATLAB, Network Protocols, Systems Development Life Cycle, Cloud Services, Systems Integration, Test Execution Engine, Wireshark, Data Logging, Scripting, Computer Networking Systems, Integration Tests, Information Technology - **Published:** August 9, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=33757640f2b692eb ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. * 3+ years of experience in automotive systems integration, embedded systems, validation, or a closely related discipline. * Strong understanding of embedded software development lifecycles (SDLC) and vehicle functions within automotive E/E architectures. * Hands-on experience debugging vehicle systems using tools such as CANoe, CANalyzer, Wireshark, or equivalent trace and analysis tools. * Direct experience working with network protocols like CAN, LIN, or Automotive Ethernet, and basic ECU-level interactions. * Experience executing test cases and validating features across bench, HIL, or physical vehicle environments. * Ability to utilize Python for log parsing and basic test scripting, or experience with similar data analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB). * Solid written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain technical issues to cross-functional peers. * Proven ability to take ambiguous vehicle behavior, gather relevant logs, and drive structured troubleshooting to root cause., * Experience testing vehicle power modes, wake and sleep behavior, low-voltage power management, or related vehicle state control systems. * Familiarity with HIL simulation setups, ECU simulation, or vehicle-level validation workflows. * Familiarity with modern zonal or domain-based E/E architectures. * Basic knowledge of UDS diagnostics or manufacturing vehicle bring-up activities. * Experience working in a fast-paced automotive environment with multiple global teams. * Basic understanding of ISO 26262 Functional Safety concepts. ## Description As a Systems Integration Engineer, you will play a key role in integrating and validating vehicle behaviors across software, hardware, and diagnostics domains. Working within the Rivian-VW Group joint venture, you will help ensure vehicle features behave correctly in the real world across component, subsystem, bench, and vehicle environments. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional development teams, including software, hardware, validation, manufacturing, and diagnostics, to help bring new capabilities into stable vehicle execution. You will support hands-on vehicle integration and triage for core behaviors related to power modes, wake/sleep transitions, energy management, ECU interactions, and vehicle state orchestration. Your day-to-day execution will directly impact product quality, efficiency, launch readiness, and the end-user experience., Vehicle Integration & Execution * System Integration: Support system-level integration of vehicle features across ECUs, software baselines, and hardware releases. * Environment Split: Validate vehicle behaviors related to wake, sleep, reset, and power transition scenarios. This role requires a balance of desk-based data triage, lab-bench/HIL environment execution, and hands-on, in-vehicle testing. * Hardware-to-Design Alignment: Verify that intended software behaviors are fully achieved in the physical vehicle, identifying and logging any gaps between hardware performance and design specifications. * Platform Readiness: Help prepare and bring up controllers, next-gen platforms, and networked systems for integration milestones., * Technical Collaboration: Act as a key engineering point of contact for integration topics across software, hardware, validation, manufacturing, and diagnostics teams. * Feature Tracking: Support the coordination and tracking of new features and system changes from early development through release readiness. * Issue Closure: Help drive closure of integration gaps by investigating test findings, tracking dependencies, and documenting technical issues for stakeholders. * Edge Case Testing: Execute test cases designed to ensure system behaviors are resilient across normal operation, corner cases, and degraded modes., * Triage & Investigation: Conduct first-line triage and investigations into system-level issues observed on benches, HIL environments, development vehicles, or in manufacturing. * Network Debugging: Debug distributed vehicle interactions using vehicle logs, network traces, and ECU-level data across CAN, LIN, Automotive Ethernet, and diagnostics channels. * Test Execution: Execute integration test plans covering functional behavior, sequencing, timing, fault handling, and regression risk. * Technical Communication: Clearly document root causes, isolate failures to specific domains (SW vs. HW), and track corrective actions across teams., * Scripting & Tooling: Use and maintain Python scripts, automated test workflows, and analysis methods to accelerate log validation and issue triage. * Observability: Help improve system observability by identifying gaps in logging and recommending better debug approaches for complex integration issues. * Process Support: Follow and contribute to robust integration processes, documentation standards, and release readiness practices across the team., Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com. Candidate Data Privacy Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies" may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes ("Candidate Personal Data"). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies' service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment. ## Related Videos - [Building a hypercar from scratch](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/607-building-a-hypercar-from-scratch) - [How I saved 200K/yr in direct costs writing 0 code lines in K8s](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1055-how-i-saved-200k-yr-in-direct-costs-writing-0-code-lines-in-k8s) - [JavaScript? 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