Rivian · 1 month ago
Sr / Staff Software Engineer, Perception Onboard
US-CA-Palo Alto
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $285K/yr
8+ years expRivian is a company focused on autonomous driving technology, and they are seeking a Software Engineer specializing in safety-critical self-driving software. This role involves the design, development, and deployment of software essential for self-driving features, including optimizing and enhancing onboard software and coordinating with cross-functional teams.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
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 overs 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
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
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
Recent News
The Motley Fool
2026-01-11
Business Insider
2026-01-08
2026-01-07
Company data provided by crunchbase