Jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Owns a major portion of the in-vehicle entertainment portfolio, including audio, radio, audiobooks, video, and casting. Responsibilities include roadmap ownership, third-party partner management, requirements definition, cross-functional software delivery, launch quality, KPI tracking, defect escalation, and hands-on technical validation in development vehicles. The role also develops new entertainment categories and manages products from concept through release and in-market performance.

Lead architecture and implementation of production-grade agentic systems integrating LLMs across applications. Drive LLM integration strategy, cognitive automation roadmap, scalable distributed system design, best practices, cross-functional alignment, and mentor engineering talent.

Supports electronic component selection, library maintenance, multi-sourcing, part lifecycle management, and BOM compliance for automotive hardware. Partners with design engineering, purchasing, program management, and supply chain teams to manage availability, cost, build readiness, alternates, and component risks. Creates internal part numbers in Arena PLM, evaluates RF and passive components, supports AEC-Q requirements, and reports deliverable status to management.

Design, develop, and deploy embedded software on Linux and RTOS platforms for automotive board bring-up, verification, and debugging. Develop device drivers, software prototypes, validation tests, and SDKs for PCBAs and ECUs. Collaborate across teams to diagnose hardware and software issues, using real-time debugging and electronic test equipment while communicating solutions to technical stakeholders.

Own the architecture and technical direction of an in-vehicle camera-to-display video pipeline. Design and optimize capture, ISP integration, encoding, decoding, streaming, recording, and rendering for low latency, high throughput, and power efficiency on embedded heterogeneous hardware. Lead multimedia framework integration, establish quality and diagnostics metrics, mentor engineers, review designs, and coordinate with hardware, perception, platform, and product teams.

Develop and optimize embedded display and input software for automotive infotainment platforms. Responsibilities include display drivers, compositor frameworks, touch and physical-button middleware, system-level debugging, performance tuning, hardware bring-up, and multi-display synchronization. The role spans Linux, QNX, and Android Automotive OS, requiring close collaboration with hardware, UI/UX, and systems teams to deliver responsive, reliable, safety-compliant vehicle interfaces.

Develop and validate embedded software for automotive infotainment, connectivity, and vehicle access ECUs. Responsibilities include board bring-up, BSP and kernel development, stress testing, performance benchmarking, debugging hardware and software issues, and documenting designs and test procedures. Collaborate with hardware, automation, validation, architecture, OEM, and ODM teams to deliver reliable embedded systems across high-performance automotive SoCs.

Lead enterprise GenAI platform architecture and strategy; design and own agentic LLM systems at scale; drive company-wide LLM integration and cognitive automation roadmap; set engineering standards for distributed ML systems; align cross-functional and executive stakeholders; mentor and hire senior engineering talent.

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.

Leads architecture, development, integration, debugging, and validation of embedded infotainment and HMI systems across hardware, operating systems, middleware, and applications. Designs interfaces and scalable abstractions, optimizes constrained systems, investigates hardware-linked behavior, and drives production readiness. Partners with cross-functional and external teams, establishes diagnostics and compatibility practices, resolves technical dependencies, and mentors engineers. The role requires at least three days per week onsite in Berlin.

Owns architecture and development for automotive over-the-air software update systems, including firmware delivery, ECU configuration, compatibility validation, rollback, and cloud interfaces. Leads Germany-site technical direction, collaborates with Palo Alto teams, drives architecture and delivery, mentors engineers, and resolves complex cross-layer issues. The role requires extensive C++ and Rust expertise, embedded Linux experience, automotive communication protocols, secure software delivery knowledge, and occasional travel.

Leads performance management, calibration, goal-setting, succession, and talent development programs. Designs and launches talent processes, configures HR systems, improves documentation and workflows, and partners with HRBPs and business leaders. Facilitates talent reviews, advises stakeholders, trains users, and creates guides and communications to support consistent adoption across the organization.

Leads finance modernization, operational excellence, and Target Operating Model stewardship for a joint venture. Identifies AI, machine learning, automation, and ERP opportunities; manages finance processes, KPIs, ICFR/ITGC frameworks, audits, and transition or service agreements. Partners with FP&A, IT, CFO, COO, and senior leadership to execute strategic projects, improve reporting, and support data-driven decisions.

Own the technical direction, reliability, scalability, and developer experience of an automotive vehicle configuration platform. Lead configuration tooling, schema validation, code generation, release infrastructure, compatibility strategy, provisioning, and production issue resolution. Drive cross-team initiatives across firmware, cloud, OTA, manufacturing, diagnostics, and partner organizations. Mentor engineers, improve technical standards, manage platform maintenance costs, and ensure safe schema evolution and staged releases.

Integrates and validates automotive body-control software across bench, SIL, HiL, and vehicle environments. Develops test plans, cases, and scripts for body and lighting features; maintains test assets; executes testing; analyzes results; triages defects; and leads multidisciplinary root-cause analysis across physical, electrical, and software systems. Collaborates with engineering teams and program partners to prioritize issues and support milestone delivery.

Lead architecture and development of vehicle power-moding strategies across electrical architectures. Define arbitration logic, deterministic timing, APIs, fail-safe limp-home strategies, requirement decomposition, SIL/HIL test cases, and DFMEA/FTA for safe, efficient vehicle power management.

Owns end-to-end ECU contract manufacturer build readiness across Proto, EVT, DVT, and PVT stages. The role drives entry and exit criteria, integrated schedules, risk escalation, cross-functional issue resolution, launch readiness, process improvements, milestone reviews, and post-ramp change management. It partners with engineering, quality, purchasing, test automation, and product launch teams while coordinating domestic and international contract manufacturer activities.

Senior Technical Recruiter responsible for developing recruiting strategies, sourcing and evaluating software, mechanical, and electrical engineering candidates, managing the full recruitment lifecycle, conducting technical screenings, maintaining talent pipelines, reporting on recruiting data, and representing the company at industry events. The role partners closely with hiring managers, technical leaders, sourcing teams, and the People Team to deliver strong candidate experiences and build diverse engineering teams.

Operate and improve a cloud enterprise identity platform, managing SSO, MFA, access policies, lifecycle automation, provisioning, identity incidents, and application integrations. Support access reviews, non-human identity governance, privilege remediation, audit evidence, monitoring, and zero-trust initiatives. Automate manual IAM processes using Python, SQL, APIs, and workflow tooling while troubleshooting identity issues across HR systems, identity providers, and applications.

Owns end-to-end systems engineering for vehicle motion-control features including traction control, all-wheel drive, and torque vectoring. Responsibilities span architecture, requirements, functional allocation, automotive network interfaces, functional safety, DVP&R, automated HIL testing, regression triage, root-cause analysis, release commitments, and global vehicle validation. The role interfaces with partner engineering teams and cross-functional vehicle development groups while supporting proving-ground and winter testing.