Jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Build, deploy, and own software applications, engineering-tool integrations, automations, data pipelines, and reporting systems. Manage AWS, Databricks, and GitLab CI/CD resources while ensuring reliability, security, and maintainability. Serve as product owner by gathering requirements, prioritizing roadmaps, communicating trade-offs, and supporting production tools. Collaborate with global engineering teams, process owners, and leadership.

Design, build, operate, and secure identity and authorization services supporting vehicle, cloud, and enterprise systems. Own SpiceDB authorization models, APIs, SDKs, workload identity, OAuth2/OIDC, mTLS, key distribution, and cloud-native deployments on Go, Kubernetes, and AWS. Partner cross-functionally on platform adoption, incident response, vulnerability mitigation, regulatory compliance, and security architecture. Mentor engineers and lead platform capabilities from requirements through production operationalization.

Lead complex technical programs integrating hardware and software for vehicle control subsystems across EV platforms. Coordinate engineering, software, validation, testing, suppliers, and stakeholders; manage integration plans, dependencies, risks, resources, and milestones. Apply systems engineering principles, coordinate verification and validation strategies, drive hardware/software bring-up, and communicate progress to leadership. Improve program management, integration, and testing processes.

Leads design verification and hardware characterization for zonal vehicle ECUs. Develops test plans, executes IC and PCBA bench testing, validates drivers, e-fuses, diagnostics, thermal behavior, and fault protection, and owns coverage analysis. Provides early design-for-testability feedback, supports firmware troubleshooting and root-cause investigations, and develops Python automation and AI-assisted data analysis for characterization testing.

Integrate and validate vehicle software from prototypes through launch. Responsibilities include developing and executing test plans, software bring-up, integration activities, automated validation pipelines, field issue diagnosis, system-level debugging, root-cause analysis, and cross-functional resolution of dependencies across ECUs and vehicle domains. The engineer will gather CAN, Ethernet, and cloud telemetry data while working across battery management, body controls, vehicle dynamics, and thermal systems.

Lead and execute early proof-of-concept builds and integrations for automotive prototypes (bucks, mules, benches). Design, commission, test, and debug hardware/software integrations, collaborate with software and hardware teams, and support maturation of ECU and prototype functionality.

Supports data engineering, analytics, and machine learning infrastructure projects for software-defined vehicle applications. Responsibilities include building Python and SQL data pipelines, maintaining ELT workflows, validating and transforming data, contributing to ML platform infrastructure, implementing automated data quality tests, supporting CI/CD workflows, collaborating with technical teams, and documenting internship work.

Drive end-to-end vehicle security initiatives across software and hardware, including development, integration, testing, threat modeling, security feature implementation, and platform tooling. Guide product teams on secure design, build security automation, and resolve cross-functional security tradeoffs. The role spans low-level firmware, embedded systems, cloud services, and full-stack security solutions for connected vehicles.

Supports electrical and electromechanical hardware projects across design, validation, manufacturing readiness, and release. Responsibilities include circuit and packaging design, hardware debugging, validation testing, functional safety analysis, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration for automotive electronic control units.

Develop and test embedded software or control algorithms for vehicle systems including propulsion, charging, thermal management, body controls, and functional safety. Interns write production-quality C or C++ with Python test tooling, support SIL, HIL, and bench testing, debug issues, collaborate with systems and test engineers, and communicate technical progress.

Design, develop, maintain, and document Hardware-in-the-Loop test systems for embedded vehicle controllers. Validate control behavior against specifications, collaborate with subsystem and firmware engineers, simulate vehicle architectures, analyze hardware failures, identify root causes, and improve HIL infrastructure and test coverage. The role also evaluates HIL hardware APIs, works with communication protocols and vehicle bus tools, and supports requirements development and corrective actions.

Interns will design, develop, test, and document software for connected vehicle systems. Work may include backend services, distributed event-driven systems, connectivity infrastructure, cloud-native AWS services, systems integration, test automation, and vehicle telemetry or remote-command processing. Interns will participate in code reviews, design discussions, debugging, validation, and progress presentations while working full time from January through August 2027.

Software engineering interns will design, develop, test, and debug customer-facing infotainment, mobile, connectivity, and telematics software for software-defined vehicles. Projects may involve Android Automotive applications, platform software, wireless and cloud integrations, 3D graphics, automation, and integration testing. Interns will collaborate with product and design teams, resolve development issues, and present progress. Candidates must be enrolled in a bachelor's or master's program and proficient in Kotlin, Java, C++, or Python.

Develop and maintain a user-space runtime that enables production ECU firmware to run on workstations and cloud servers. Model peripherals, integrate RTOS-based firmware with host abstractions, maintain cross-compilation builds, and extend HIL Pytest validation suites. Debug firmware-host discrepancies using GDB and protocol analysis, collaborate across hardware and software teams, lead design reviews, improve code quality, and mentor engineers on real-time embedded development.

Maintains multi-repository vehicle interface software architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and deterministic builds using Bazel and GitLab CI. Debugs embedded systems and ECU interfaces, analyzes automotive network signals, latency, and bandwidth, and develops Python-based tools. Coordinates signal and network definition changes, manages version traceability, supports vehicle-level integration and testing, and collaborates across architecture, software, validation, and program teams to resolve integration issues.

Develops reliability strategies for low-voltage automotive electronics from concept through production. Responsibilities include identifying failure modes, creating reliability specifications and accelerated tests, leading root-cause investigations, auditing contract manufacturers, facilitating DFMEA/PFMEA processes, and analyzing fleet and field data to improve ECU designs and reliability standards.

Own and modernize PKI and certificate lifecycle systems for automotive products and EV charging. Design authentication and authorization using X.509, mTLS, OAuth2, and OIDC; build shared infrastructure with Kubernetes, service mesh, and workload identity; support secure boot and key management; operate production services through GitOps and observability; document systems and mentor engineers.

Design and document comprehensive test cases for battery and energy management systems; perform SIL, HIL, and vehicle-level validation; analyze CAN/LIN/Ethernet telemetry; collaborate with embedded engineers to debug, calibrate, and validate BMS features; plan and coordinate test assets and environmental testing.

Owns cross-domain electrical architecture for software-defined vehicle platforms, including LV/HV power distribution, wiring harnesses, zonal topology, interfaces, validation, functional safety, and technology roadmaps. The role establishes engineering standards, directs R&D, resolves complex electrical issues, aligns Rivian and Volkswagen programs, and mentors senior engineers while representing the function in leadership reviews.

Owns electrical architecture and integration for automotive electrical domains, including LV/HV power distribution, wiring harnesses, zonal topology, power modes, fault handling, and interface requirements. Decomposes specifications, negotiates supplier requirements, defines embedded software needs, reviews schematics, and leads validation across SIL, HIL, and vehicle testing. Drives electrical issue resolution, evaluates emerging technologies, and ensures scalable designs across Rivian and Volkswagen programs.