Sr. Systems Engineer Autonomy

In this role, you will lead the systems engineering, architecture design, and function development of various Automated driving features. Your work will have a direct impact on the daily experience and safety of our customers, which is critical to the mission at Rivian.

• Define features’ operational design domain, functional, performance and safety requirements for the feature based on the vision for the feature and desired user experience.
• Architect solutions to meet features’ functional and performance requirements
• Define interfaces and identify cross functional dependencies.
• Collaborate within Autonomy development teams such as pose, perception, planning, motion control, software infrastructure for end-to-end feature development, integration, and testing.
• Define and develop metrics for feature evaluation and collaborate with logging, simulation, data analytics and cloud teams to deploy the required infrastructure/methods.
• Drive cross functional collaboration between chassis, vehicle dynamics, UI/UX and vehicle SW teams to satisfy feature and system requirements.
• Work across development, triage, integration, and test teams to identify, root cause, and resolve or mitigate feature issues. Lead process improvements to achieve First-Time-Right design.
• Coordinate with program teams on feasibility, development status, risks, limitations to effectively set up and meet program schedules.
• Participate and represent the autonomy team in the architecture and design reviews, feasibility studies, timeline reviews, FMEAs and impact analysis hosted by various stakeholders.
• Execute cross functional discussions by fostering consensus, even during challenging technical discussions.

• 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 systems or similarly complex robotics systems.
• Track record of deploying software in production environments, carrying one or more of listed responsibilities or developing software for autonomy stack.
• Working knowledge of Automotive standards, regulations, and test protocols (ECE, USNCAP, IIHS, EUNCAP, UNECE) related to automated driving.
• Strong problem solving skills in a highly cross functional and fast paced environment.
• Moderate programming skills (C/C++, Python/SQL) for rapid prototyping, data analysis, and software development and integration.
• Excellent team player with strong communication and presentation skills.