Rivian · 1 month ago
Sr. Staff AI Engineer, Enterprise Applied AI
US-CA-Palo Alto
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$265K/yr - $331K/yr
8+ years expRivian is seeking an entrepreneurial, hands-on senior individual contributor to build and scale our Enterprise Applied AI solutions driving impact across internal teams. As an Staff AI Engineer, you will design, build, and operate production-grade systems at the forefront of generative AI, partnering with leaders across the company to unlock transformative business value.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Lead the technical design and hands-on development of prioritized AI applications, services, and platforms leveraging state-of-the-art LLM app stacks, retrieval-augmented generation, evaluation frameworks, and scalable serving
Define long-term architecture and engineering standards for Applied AI systems to maximize reuse, reliability, and impact across multiple product areas
Partner with business sponsors to translate high-value opportunities into roadmaps and shipped products with clear success metrics and measurable outcomes
Build a holistic view of AI investments by collaborating with adjacent engineering groups implementing AI in their domains, aligning patterns, reusing components, and avoiding duplication
Drive continuous improvement in AI methodologies and best practices; evaluate emerging capabilities and land them as secure, production-grade systems
Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Risk, Audit, and Security to embed robust governance, privacy, security, safety, and reporting practices across the AI lifecycle
Champion AI literacy, enablement, and adoption through demos, guidance, and technical leadership across the org
Mentor engineers across levels; lead design reviews; improve code quality, reliability, observability, and cost/performance of AI workloads
Establish rigorous evaluation, guardrails, and monitoring practices; instrument offline and online metrics to ensure quality, safety, and SLOs
Optimize latency, throughput, and cost at scale; guide make/buy decisions and vendor integrations where appropriate
Qualification
Required
BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
8+ years (Staff) or 12+ years (Senior Staff) in software engineering, with a proven track record delivering complex, production-ready systems in enterprise environments
Deep technical knowledge in AI/ML, with hands-on experience building and deploying solutions using language models, retrieval/grounding, embeddings/vector search, and evaluation
Demonstrated ability to translate ambiguous business problems into robust AI products with measurable business impact
Experience defining and evolving architectures, standards, and platforms that create leverage across multiple teams
Strong familiarity with security, privacy, compliance, safety, and auditability for enterprise AI systems
Excellence in communication and stakeholder management; able to influence and align across diverse teams
Proven curiosity and mental agility to learn and apply new technologies through hands-on development and continuous learning
Benefits
Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
Rivian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (38)
2024 (70)
2023 (54)
2022 (79)
2021 (21)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$21.93BKey Investors
Volkswagen GroupUS Department of EnergyIllinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity
2025-06-30Post Ipo Equity· $1B
2024-11-25Post Ipo Debt· $6.6B
2024-05-02Grant· $827M
Leadership Team
Robert Scaringe
Chief Executive Officer
Claire McDonough
Chief Financial Officer
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