Senior AI Vehicle Modeling & Digital Twin Engineer

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Equity RSUs

Paid time off

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking an engineer to advance AI-assisted, model-driven systems engineering. You will develop Digital Twin infrastructure and co-simulation environments, enabling cross-domain vehicle design from powertrain to infotainment.

The role combines hands-on systems engineering with AI tooling to draft requirements, generate test scripts, and analyze coverage. You will deploy LLM pipelines, integrate AI assistants into development workflows, and contribute to

Qualifications

• BS/MS in engineering or related field.
• Strong Python skills and AI workflow experience.
• Experience building LLM applications: RAG, semantic search, structured reasoning.

Responsibilities

• Digital Twin development and operation for vehicle subsystems (FMU-packaged).
• Build and run co-simulation environments pairing vECUs with plant models.
• Develop AI tooling and analytics to support SE artifacts and fleet data.
• Author requirements and test cases; participate in reviews across domains.
• Document AI-augmented SE processes and drive adoption across programmes.

Skills

Python

LLM tooling

Systems thinking

Prototype-to-production

Education

BS/MS in engineering

Tools

OpenModelica

Simulink

Julia

Modelica

FMI/FMU

GitLab CI/CD

Job description

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking an engineer to advance AI-assisted, model-driven systems engineering. You will develop Digital Twin infrastructure and co-simulation environments, enabling cross-domain vehicle design from powertrain to infotainment.

The role combines hands-on systems engineering with AI tooling to draft requirements, generate test scripts, and analyze coverage. You will deploy LLM pipelines, integrate AI assistants into development workflows, and contribute to