Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies ยท 21 hours ago
Hardware Systems Performance Engineer (Infotainment)
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$105K/yr - $139K/yr
3+ years expRivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture focused on advancing automotive technology for electric vehicles. The Hardware Systems Performance Engineer will work within the Hardware Systems Architecture team to characterize the performance of low-voltage electrical systems, influencing hardware architecture decisions and validating designs throughout the development cycle.
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Responsibilities
Facilitate collaboration between hardware architecture, hardware design and software application teams to build out comprehensive plans that surface key performance metrics, provide insight into system bottlenecks and chokepoints, reveal over-/under-design scenarios, and validate system performance relative to system requirements
Lead and support the design, integration and automation efforts related to characterization and validation activities on various hardware testing configurations, including early prototypes boards, bench-top sub-system mock-ups, lab cars, mules, and other HIL infrastructure
Produce the end-to-end implementation for systems performance characterization ranging from development of requirements to identification of solutions and their implementation with automation, including integration of h/w and s/w, establishment of control and data acquisition pipelines, and development of downstream data processing infrastructure
Execute characterization plans, leverage analytical methods, and present clear validation metrics and reports that support data-driven architectural decisions, and validate the resulting designs
Contribute to mock-ups or prototypes to study next-gen technologies, establish proofs-of-concept, and/or serve as reference platforms for future bring up, system integration, system-level validation, or future architecture inclusion
Qualification
Required
Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field, and 3+ years of hands-on experience in relevant practical settings, including internships
Some experience designing and/or validating embedded systems optimized for distributed architecture settings, including automotive, aerospace, or other architecturally similar applications
Understanding of embedded computing platforms, and the methods for quantifying performance of their processors, memory / storage systems, and peripheral interfaces
Hands-on coding experience related to some combination of embedded platform bring-up, system software / applications development, or system-level hardware performance instrumentation, and related test automation / scripting
Good grasp of the power related aspects of distributed embedded architectures, with focus on efficient low-power states, wake propagation and sequencing
Familiarity with some high-speed automotive peripheral interfaces and networks, such as PCIe, GMSL, Ethernet, A2B, CAN-FD, and how to characterize their performance
Conversant with software platforms for embedded computing architectures typical in automotive applications like infotainment, wireless connectivity, telematics, or ADAS, ranging from OS to RTOS to bare-metal, and respective performance measurement methodologies
Some familiarity with camera sensors, and/or downstream processing pipelines, including their data formats, ISPs, DSPs, and how to characterize key performance aspects
Talent for working from first principles to develop software for modeling, data acquisition, mining, analysis, and presentation in using appropriate tools, e.g. Python, MatLab
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 and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies develops scalable automotive software and technology platforms for multiple vehicle segments.
1001-5000 employees
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