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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Sr. Staff Hardware Systems Architect - Connectivity/Wireless - **Company:** Rivian - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $213,000.0 - $292,950.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), Software Applications, Systems Engineering, Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth), Network Analysis, Cyber Security, Distributed Systems, Fraud Prevention and Detection, Hardware Design, Radio-Frequency Identification, Cloud Services, Software Requirements Analysis, Systems Architecture, System Testing, Systems Integration, Wi-Fi Technology, 5G NR, Information Technology, Wireless Technologies, GNSS - **Published:** October 26, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=cbdf9468bb8d43c1 ## About the Role * Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field, and a track record of 8+ years of hands-on experience in relevant industries, including automotive, aerospace, or relevant consumer applications. * Deep familiarity with the landscape of wireless technologies related to typical automotive applications like telematics (LTE, 5G), infotainment (WiFi, BT), geolocation (GNSS), secure entry (BLE, UWB, NFC), ADAS (V2X), and their metrics and methodologies for performance evaluation at the RF, protocol and systems application levels. * Familiarity with system design and/or certification related to Connect Car Consortium (CCC) and/or Made for iPhone (MFi) keyless entry systems at the module and system levels. * Experience designing and/or validating embedded RF systems optimized for distributed architecture settings, including automotive, aerospace, robotics or other analogous domains. * Foundation in RF and electrical engineering fundamentals, and hands-on familiarity with related test and measurement equipment, e.g., logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, DMMs, network analyzers, etc. * Solid grasp of the power related aspects of distributed embedded architectures, including efficient utilization of low-power states, wake propagation and sequencing. * Conversant with wireless technologies like GNSS, BLE, LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, and/or UWB, and their performance evaluation at the protocol and systems integration levels. ## Description * Work cross-functionally with hardware architecture, systems engineers, hardware design and software application teams to factor functional, performance, industry and regulatory requirements into their respective sub-systems, identify the key metrics and trade-offs, and optimize them using data and analysis, to distill clear system-level and module-level architecture requirements. * Model system-level trade-offs concerning distributed compute, network and other resources, considering dimensions like power efficiency, end-to-end latencies, compute/memory utilization, and scalability, to help produce optimal systems architectures. * Establish key vendor and industry relationships to map the space of available and future connectivity standards and technologies, and use this to build out a scalable connectivity/wireless roadmap for RVT * Guide the development of mock-ups or prototypes to study next-gen technologies, establish proofs-of-concept, test modelled assumptions, and/or serve as reference platforms. * Support the effort of the system validation team to build comprehensive test plans that surface key system-level performance metrics, locate bottlenecks or chokepoints, and identify over-/under-design scenarios relative to the defining system requirements., Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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