Jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, LLC

Supports infotainment platform enablement through embedded software development, ECU hardware bring-up, manufacturing validation, workload emulation, diagnostics telemetry analysis, and hardware-software integration debugging. The intern will develop C/C++ and Python utilities, validate automotive compute platforms, analyze system behavior and performance, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. The role runs from January 11 through August 13, 2027 and requires on-site work in Champaign, Illinois.

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.

Leads ECU sustaining engineering and technical program management across zonal, battery, infotainment, connectivity, and vehicle access systems. Builds the sustaining organization, establishes plant and field triage processes, manages RMAs, failure analysis, engineering changes, supplier escalations, component obsolescence, supply continuity, and cost-down initiatives. Oversees outsourced engineering partners and contract manufacturers, including statements of work, capacity, quality, spend, and deliverables. Partners across engineering, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and vehicle programs while driving KPIs and continuous improvement.

Develop and optimize computer vision and AI features for embedded automotive systems. Responsibilities include architecting low-latency pipelines, optimizing workloads across CPU, GPU, NPU, and DSP hardware, integrating deep learning inference, prototyping perception algorithms, and collaborating with product, research, and engineering teams.

Design, develop, test, deploy, and operate connected-vehicle platform software spanning vehicle systems, gateways, cloud, infotainment, and mobile ecosystems. Build communication services, libraries, APIs, schemas, and routing components; debug distributed systems across embedded and virtual platforms; improve reliability, security, observability, automation, and test coverage; and support partner developers through documentation, integration guidance, and technical troubleshooting.

Own the Rivian mobile app product experience from strategy and roadmap through delivery. Lead core app initiatives, information architecture, navigation, quality, performance, and cross-device journeys. Collaborate with design, engineering, vehicle software, cloud, identity, charging, and service teams. Use analytics, owner feedback, support data, and experimentation to prioritize work, define success metrics, and deliver a coherent, reliable app experience.

Lead design reviews, validation planning, and bench characterization for infotainment and connectivity ECUs. Test power integrity, high-speed interfaces, RF performance, thermal behavior, protection, fault recovery, and firmware interactions. Develop Python automation, analyze large datasets with AI tools, create DFT reports, investigate failures, and drive cross-functional issues to closure. The role requires extensive laboratory instrumentation experience, electrical and RF fundamentals, and collaboration with design, firmware, reliability, and manufacturing teams.

Design, build, and operate scalable, low-latency real-time streaming infrastructure using Kafka/Redpanda and Apache Flink. Develop production streaming applications in Java/Scala/Python/Go, deploy on Kubernetes/Docker, ensure observability and reliability, support AI/ML pipelines, and collaborate across platform, data, and product teams to maintain operational excellence.

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.

Own enterprise cybersecurity GRC operations, including TISAX and ISO 27001 certification cycles, audit readiness, evidence management, corrective actions, and risk-register administration. Coordinate internal control owners, auditors, consultants, and vendors across a complex joint venture. Track risk remediation, produce stakeholder reporting, maintain compliance documentation, and support automotive cybersecurity frameworks. Travel internationally and domestically to company sites for audits and stakeholder coordination.

Design, develop, deploy, and maintain scalable distributed systems for a cloud gateway supporting connected vehicles. Build event-driven services using Kafka and Redis, develop AWS cloud solutions, optimize messaging and data stores, monitor production systems, improve CI/CD, testing, and observability, and participate in rotating on-call support.

Lead and grow the Berlin OTA Vehicle Engineering team, guiding technical architecture, feature development, testing, and cross-site collaboration. The role requires contributing technically at least 50% of the time while partnering with Volkswagen Group and managing complex vehicle software systems. Responsibilities include establishing development processes, test automation, operational KPIs, and autonomous team operations across distributed, electromechanical platforms.

Supports platform bring-up, software integration, system feature development, test automation, fleet monitoring, system performance analysis, issue triage, and cross-functional integration across vehicle domain teams. The role works on complex distributed embedded systems from prototype through production, improves test coverage and system design, and collaborates with company and partner sites in an automotive software environment.

Build and optimize C++ or Rust services running on vehicle compute across Linux, Android, and QNX. Work on telemetry, high-throughput vehicle data uploads, connected features, and on-device ML inference for speech and wake-word systems. Instrument, benchmark, debug, and performance-test software on constrained automotive hardware, while contributing design documents, code reviews, and field troubleshooting.

Develop and maintain embedded software for telematics and software-defined vehicle systems using modern C++ and/or Rust. Responsibilities include operating system programming, performance optimization, networking and middleware integration, embedded databases, communication protocols, security standards, and comprehensive unit testing. The role requires collaboration on Linux-based systems and may involve automotive protocols such as CAN, Ethernet, and UDS.

Own the end-to-end candidate interview experience, including scheduling, travel logistics, virtual and onsite coordination, issue resolution, and high-touch communication. Partner with recruiters and hiring teams to improve processes, maintain data integrity, support audits and compliance, and use Ashby and AI tools to increase operational efficiency. The role also supports Talent Operations initiatives such as background verification, immigration support, and automation.

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.

Lead the design and development of enterprise data products and AI platforms. Build ELT pipelines, semantic models, governance, quality, observability, and lineage frameworks using dbt, SQL, Python, and Databricks. Develop executive analytics applications, conversational AI agents, RAG systems, and guardrails. Partner with senior leaders across business functions, establish engineering standards, and mentor engineers while remaining hands-on.

Owns end-to-end quality for consumer application products, defining test strategies, building scalable automation and test infrastructure, improving CI/CD pipelines, and driving release readiness. The role leads testing across mobile, cloud, embedded, vehicle access, infotainment, unit, integration, SIL, HIL, and end-to-end systems. It also mentors junior engineers, improves reliability and test coverage, analyzes pipeline performance, and establishes technical standards across the organization.

Bring up and own the Android Wi-Fi stack for wireless CarPlay and Android Auto, including SoftAP, connection management, networking, regulatory domains, RF coexistence, and certification. Debug driver and firmware issues with silicon vendors, build automated validation, support vehicle and bench testing, and lead cross-team technical efforts. The role requires deep embedded Wi-Fi expertise, strong C/C++ skills, Android framework experience, Linux networking knowledge, and 802.11 protocol proficiency.