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# Staff Software Engineer, Perception, Autonomy

- **Company:** Rivian
- **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C++ (Programming Language), Code Review, Nvidia CUDA, Software Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, OpenCL, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Hardware Acceleration, TensorRT
- **Published:** June 24, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e49d75b29d86c80a

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Tooling?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * B.S. / M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

 * 8+ years of experience developing production-grade software
 * Strong C++ programming skills
 * Experience in automotive or robotics software development
 * Experience working on heterogeneous systems with various types of hardware accelerators (GPU, ISP, Encoder, etc.)
 * Experience working with libraries for hardware accelerators (CUDA, TensorRT, OpenCL, etc.)
 * Team player with great communication skills to drive cross-functional efforts in a fast-paced development environment
 * Passionately motivated to take ideas from R&D phase to a product
 * Software Development life cycle experience: from requirements gathering through to implementation and maintenance

## Description

As a Software Engineer specializing in safety-critical self-driving software, you will play a vital role in the design, development, and deployment of software that underpins essential self-driving features. Your responsibilities encompass a range of technical tasks, from software development to architecture analysis, all contributing to the successful implementation of robust and reliable self-driving solutions.
This role is based in Palo Alto, CA.

 * Take charge of optimizing, testing, and enhancing onboard software that runs Rivian's Perception models that underpin all self-driving features
 * Develop necessary tools to support development, debugging, and testing
 * Assist in software-design and code reviews while assisting other developers on technical issues, design choices, and decision making
 * Analysis of requirements, architecture, design, development, code review, quality assurance, and deployment of entire software engineering life cycle
 * Coordinate with Perception model development and cross-functional teams to
enable and support onboard model deployment/integration


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