Job Description

About Us:

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary:

We're looking for a highly motivated and innovative engineer to join our world-class
Autonomy team. In this pivotal role, you will build and optimize the foundational systems,
tools, and processes that empower our self-driving vehicle engineers. Your work will directly
accelerate our ability to rapidly iterate, innovate, and deliver safe, reliable autonomous
technology. If you're passionate about leveraging cutting-edge technology—including AI—to
boost engineering efficiency and build robust, scalable infrastructure, we want to hear from
you.

Responsibilities:

• Accelerate Engineering Velocity: Drive the design and implementation of
  advanced automation and processes that reduce manual effort and increase the
  quality and speed of our software development lifecycle.
• Bridge Engineering Worlds: Act as the primary technical liaison between
  specialized Autonomy groups (Perception, Planning, etc.) and central vehicle
  software DevOps teams, translating Autonomy-specific needs into actionable
  infrastructure requirements.
• Drive Developer Experience & System Reliability: Be an empathetic advocate
  for our engineers. Actively listen to their concerns, focus on unblocking them, and
  improve their quality of life while ensuring maximum uptime and performance of
  our development infrastructure.
• Innovate with AI: Champion and use our latest AI tools to rethink and enhance
  developer workflows and CI/CD pipelines, implementing solutions that push our
  team to be the most productive in the industry.
• Build the Future: Partner with product and research engineers to lay the
  technical foundations that bring new self-driving capabilities to the real world.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a
  related technical field.
• Proven experience in a developer productivity, software infrastructure, or DevOps
  role, ideally within a complex domain like autonomous vehicles or robotics.
• Strong programming proficiency in one or more languages
  like Python, C++, Rust, Go or Java.
• Deep knowledge of build systems and tools (e.g., Bazel, CMake, Meson).
• A solid understanding of CI/CD principles and hands-on experience with tools
  like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or ArgoCD.
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies
  (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible).
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex distributed
  systems.
  Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) and their services.
• Experience building and maintaining development tools for large engineering
  organizations.
• An understanding of machine learning workflows and MLOps.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, CPU architectures, cross-compilation, and
  Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulation.
• A genuine passion for autonomous driving technology and its potential to change
  the world.

Pay Disclosure:

Salary Range/Hourly Rate for California Based Applicants: $162,800 - $203,500 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary: Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Full Time Employee coverage is effective on the first day of employment. Part-Time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment.

Company Statements:

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at candidateaccommodations@rivian.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.

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