Senior Automotive Body Controls Engineer (Mechatronics)

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual performance bonus

Equity

Benefits tailored to local market

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies seeks a Body Controls Engineer to develop and integrate control systems for vehicle features, including closures, lighting, seating, and accessories. You’ll work with C/C++ and Python, apply PID tuning, and contribute to software testing across SIL, HIL, and vehicle platforms.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust software integration and support FMEA activities for safety compliance. Occasional travel may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering; Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop control systems for vehicle mechatronics features utilizing PID control, feedforward techniques, motion profiling, and signal filtering.
• Review requirements and produce high-level functional specification designs to offer control solutions.
• Create test cases and scripts to validate features in Unit, SIL, and HIL environments.
• Conduct software testing on vehicles and contribute to feature tuning and calibration.
• Support FMEA for ISO 26262 compliance across features.
• Collaborate with controls engineers to enhance simulation models for analysis, optimization, and troubleshooting.
• Work with the engineering team to ensure software robustness and seamless integration of new features.
• Develop intuitive diagnostic interfaces for controllers to facilitate troubleshooting and maintenance.
• Use multidisciplinary approach to troubleshoot functional problems across physical, electrical, and software domains.
• Prioritize and elevate issues based on user impact and program objectives for prompt resolution.

Skills

PID control

Control theory

C programming

C++ programming

Python programming

CAN/LIN tools

Education

Bachelor's in electrical or mechanical engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

CANalyzer

CANoe

CANape

JAMA/Cameo

JIRA

Git

Job description

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies seeks a Body Controls Engineer to develop and integrate control systems for vehicle features, including closures, lighting, seating, and accessories. You’ll work with C/C++ and Python, apply PID tuning, and contribute to software testing across SIL, HIL, and vehicle platforms.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure robust software integration and support FMEA activities for safety compliance. Occasional travel may be required.