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# Staff Engineer, Perception: Systems

- **Company:** Rivian
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $228,000 - $285,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Systems Engineering, Cloud Computing, Machine Learning, Software Engineering, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25304_24896c278e21310c575ce67cce745285

## About the Role

* Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
 * Demonstrated experience deploying autonomy in the real world including strong familiarity with machine learning in a production environment.
 * Strong problem solving and coordination skills and an ability to operate effectively in a highly cross functional and fast paced environment.
 * Strong cross-functional communication and coordination skills

## Description

This role will be part of the Perception Systems team within the larger perception group and focuses on the data-loop, triage and model evaluation processes necessary for deploying perception models towards Autonomy features.

In this role you will be responsible for driving root-cause analysis and of why the perception system is not performing as expected and writing software at the interfaces of the perception and overall autonomy stack. You offer deep system-level insights, first principles thinking and ability to dive deep to identify things that are not obvious to a single domain expert., * Root-cause analysis: Investigating model performance issues with a system-level and sensor performance lens to identify the underlying reasons for failures or regressions. This includes developing software and tooling to streamline RCA, data analysis, and evaluation workflows.

 * Identification of necessary data improvements: Analyzing data-loop processes and triage results to specify requirements for improved data collection, labeling, or augmentation to enhance model robustness.
 * Establishing, reviewing, and maintaining evaluation metrics: Developing robust KPIs and metrics to identify and prevent future regressions from perception models, ensuring they meet the necessary performance bars for Autonomy features and implementing these in code.
 * Cross-functional collaboration: Working closely with teams across the larger perception group and systems engineering to address technical challenges and standardize performance understanding., How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role.