Senior Electrical Systems Engineer, Autonomous Vehicles

Rivian; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design of low-voltage electrical systems for advanced autonomy vehicles. This role spans early-stage product development through manufacturing launch, aligning power architecture, network connectivity, and sensor/actuator systems for autonomous driving at automotive scale.

Attention to detail, clear communication, and strong engineering fundamentals are essential as you work across teams to deliver safe, high-performance systems and support the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering: Electrical, Mechanical, Software, Aerospace, or similar field.
• 6+ years of experience with design and testing of integrated hardware & software systems.
• 3+ years of experience with developing SAE Level 3 or higher autonomous vehicle systems.
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 or similar functional safety standards (e.g. ARP4754).
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicle sensing technologies.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary trade studies to conclusion.
• Experience with planning, writing, and executing test procedures.
• Ability to troubleshoot sensors, actuators, and digital signals, and perform root cause analysis.
• Familiarity with electrical test equipment (multimeter, power supply, oscilloscope, CANalyzer, Wireshark, and other analog and digital dataloggers).
• Ability to read wiring schematics and interact with CAD software.

Responsibilities

• Interface with product management teams to define customer user stories and derive high-level system requirements.
• Drive the development of low-voltage electrical system designs that meet company goals for vehicle performance, cost, and customer experience.
• Analyze electrical system designs against safety-critical system requirements.
• Write test procedures to verify safety-critical requirements and run them on vehicle test beds.
• Work with the manufacturing team to incorporate high-rate process requirements into the system design.
• Own and document electrical system specifications.
• Investigate hardware and software issues to identify their root cause. Develop corrective actions to prevent issue recurrence.

Skills

Electrical fundamentals

Root cause analysis

Sensors & actuators troubleshooting

Trade studies leadership

Test procedure writing

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering

Tools

CAD software

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

CANalyzer

Wireshark

Job description

Rivian is seeking a senior engineer to lead the design of low-voltage electrical systems for advanced autonomy vehicles. This role spans early-stage product development through manufacturing launch, aligning power architecture, network connectivity, and sensor/actuator systems for autonomous driving at automotive scale.

Attention to detail, clear communication, and strong engineering fundamentals are essential as you work across teams to deliver safe, high-performance systems and support the