Senior Autonomy Systems Engineer, Remote Assistance

Rivian-3; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 207,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a senior role to define, mature, and own the remote assistance platform requirements that support the company’s autonomy stack. You will shape the input validation, escalation, and advisory input taxonomy, ensuring robust authorization, logging, and security for vehicle-operator interactions.

You will collaborate with hardware and software teams to translate policy into system requirements, define verification strategies, and author architectural specifications used across the

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
• Translating policy/legal-defined authority boundaries into system requirements
• Author and maintain specifications for the software infrastructure implementation team
• Define acceptance criteria and verification strategies
• Author test specifications for device, bench, or HIL verification
• Develop automated verification capabilities for platform-level requirements
• Serve as the primary technical interface between systems engineering and software infrastructure teams for remote assistance
• Collaborate with hardware engineering on KPI definition, resource allocation, and platform topology
• Participate in design reviews for platform software implementations, providing architectural feedback

Skills

Telemetry pipeline development

Linux systems

Automotive cybersecurity

ISO 26262 familiarity

System architecture docs

Python proficiency

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements management

OEM/Tier-1/autonomy experience

Education

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

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

Jama

Job description

Rivian is seeking a senior role to define, mature, and own the remote assistance platform requirements that support the company’s autonomy stack. You will shape the input validation, escalation, and advisory input taxonomy, ensuring robust authorization, logging, and security for vehicle-operator interactions.

You will collaborate with hardware and software teams to translate policy into system requirements, define verification strategies, and author architectural specifications used across the