Senior Autonomy Systems Engineer — Platform & Remote Ops

Rivian Automotive; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian Automotive seeks a senior engineer to define, mature, and own requirements for Rivian’s remote assistance platform, a core part of the autonomy stack. You will ensure correct input validation, escalation logic, security, and evidentiary logging across vehicle-operator interfaces.

You will author specifications, verification strategies, and test plans, working closely with hardware and software teams to align platform software with policy boundaries and KPI targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in electrical engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded systems, automotive software platforms, or autonomous vehicle compute systems.
• Experience with telemetry pipeline development.
• Experience with Linux based systems.
• Familiarity with secure communications design or automotive cybersecurity practices.
• Familiarity with functional safety development processes (ISO 26262).
• Experience writing system or software architecture documents, requirements specifications, and interface definitions.
• Proficiency in Python (for tooling, automation, data analysis).
• Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with implementation teams, translating architecture into actionable specifications.
• Experience with requirements management tools (DOORS, Polarion, Jama, or similar).
• Prior work at an OEM, Tier 1, or autonomy technology company.

Responsibilities

• Define, mature, and own requirements for the remote assistance platform.
• Onboard/offboard interface boundary and translate policy-defined authority into system requirements.
• Author and maintain specifications as authoritative source for software infrastructure implementation.
• Define acceptance criteria and verification strategies.
• Author test specifications for device, bench, or HIL level verification.
• Work with the team to build automated verification capabilities for platform-level requirements.
• Serve as primary technical interface between systems engineering and software infrastructure teams for remote assistance topics.
• Collaborate with hardware engineering on KPI definition, resource allocation, and topology decisions.
• Participate in design reviews for platform software implementations with architectural feedback.

Skills

Embedded systems

Automotive software platforms

Autonomous vehicle compute systems

Telemetry pipeline development

Linux based systems

Secure communications design

ISO 26262

Python

Requirements documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in electrical engineering, computer engineering, software engineering, computer science, or related

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Rivian Automotive seeks a senior engineer to define, mature, and own requirements for Rivian’s remote assistance platform, a core part of the autonomy stack. You will ensure correct input validation, escalation logic, security, and evidentiary logging across vehicle-operator interfaces.

You will author specifications, verification strategies, and test plans, working closely with hardware and software teams to align platform software with policy boundaries and KPI targets.