Rivian · 2 days ago
Staff Software Engineer, Middleware, Autonomy
Palo Alto, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$206K/yr - $258K/yr
8+ years expRivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever, focusing on emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles. The Software Engineer specializing in safety-critical self-driving middleware will be responsible for the design, development, and deployment of software that supports essential self-driving features, ensuring robust and reliable solutions.
AutomotiveElectric VehicleManufacturingTransportation
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and deploy software within hardware abstraction middleware to enable safety-critical self-driving features
Develop software working on Linux as well as real-time operating systems (QNX, FreeRTOS, etc.)
Develop software working on a distributed and heterogeneous system (multiple processors/HW engines)
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 application development and cross-functional teams to enable and support middleware integration
Qualification
Required
B.S. / M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
8+ years of experience developing production-grade software from requirements gathering
Strong C++ programming skills
Familiarity with at least one scripting language (for example Bash, Lua, Python)
Experience in automotive or robotics software development
Experience in software development for x86_64 and ARM architectures
Experience working on heterogeneous systems with various types of hardware accelerators (GPU, ISP, Encoder, etc.)
Experience using and/or building libraries for hardware accelerators (CUDA, TensorRT, OpenCL, etc.)
Experience contributing to middleware and/or building abstraction layers
Familiar with OpenCV, OpenVX, or relevant acceleration frameworks in perception applications
Experience contributing to software tooling (for code auto-generation, test automation, fault injection, etc.)
Good 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.
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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