Rivian · 15 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer, ML Acceleration and Performance
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$179K/yr - $285K/yr
7+ years expRivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever, focusing on building emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles. The Staff Software Engineer will develop and optimize machine learning algorithms that impact safety-critical self-driving features in Rivian's vehicles.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Develop, optimize and deploy ultra-low latency Deep learning/Machine Learning algorithms for Rivian ADAS and Autonomy use cases
Research state of the art model compression and efficient model design techniques and enable the team to leverage these across a wide range of customer facing features
Collaborate with the low-level software and hardware architecture teams to characterize the in-house ML models on our embedded platforms and optimize the models subject to the on device compute and memory constraints
Qualification
Required
MS. or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or a related field
Good understanding of the fundamentals of deep learning, heterogenous computing, ML accelerators and compilers with 7+ years of industrial experience
Good team player with great communication skills to drive cross functional efforts in a fast-paced development environment
Research and development experience in one or more of the following areas: model compression and neural architecture search techniques knowledge distillation, pruning, quantization and quantization aware training optimizing and deploying inference on various embedded processors
Experience defining compute architecture for efficient Deep learning inferencing
Capability to understand hardware spec documents and performance profiling tools
Strong Python programming background and in-depth knowledge of at least one framework amongst PyTorch, TensorFlow or MXNet
Experience implementing inference logic from first principles using low level subroutines like BLAS, CUDA Kernels or C++ natively
Familiarity with ONNX runtimes and DL compilers like XLA or Glow
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
Company
Rivian
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
10001+ employees
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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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