Senior Model Integration & Correlation Engineer

Rivian VW Group; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies in Irvine, CA, is seeking a senior engineer to own the quality of the Virtual Vehicle platform. You will integrate models from domain teams, validate them against measured vehicle data, and ensure accuracy as models evolve, collaborating with experts across the organization.

You will design validation, publish results with clear validity limits, and drive root-cause resolution with owning teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum qualifications include fluency with vehicle measurement data, BS/MS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering (or equivalent), and 5+ years in vehicle modeling, controls, or systems engineering.
• Demonstrated model-to-vehicle correlation experience with quantified results.
• Proficiency with at least one toolchain (Modelica, Simulink, or Python) and experience with model exchange (FMI or similar).
• Strong Python for data analysis; comfortable in a code-first engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Integrate models contributed by domain teams and suppliers into the simulation platform.
• Design and run validation to prove integrated models match reference behavior and maintain it as models change.
• Lead correlation campaigns against dynamometer, track, and fleet data; publish results with stated validity limits.
• Root-cause simulation-versus-measurement discrepancies and drive them to resolution with owning teams.
• Author simulation scenarios and acceptance criteria, and help domain experts define theirs.

Skills

Measurement data fluency

Vehicle modeling

Model-to-vehicle correlation

Python for data analysis

Education

BS/MS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering

Tools

Modelica

Simulink

FMI

Job description

About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

The Virtual Vehicle platform combines physics models from multiple engineering domains with production controller software, and its results are used as engineering evidence. You will own the quality of that combination: bringing contributed models into the platform, validating them against measured vehicle data, and keeping that validation current as models and software evolve. You will work daily with domain experts across the organization and be the person who decides, with data, how much a simulation result can be trusted.

Responsibilities

• Integrate models contributed by domain teams and suppliers into the simulation platform.
• Design and run validation that proves integrated models match their reference behavior, and keep it running as models change.
• Lead correlation campaigns against dynamometer, track, and fleet data; publish results with stated validity limits.
• Root-cause simulation-versus-measurement discrepancies and drive them to resolution with the owning teams.
• Author simulation scenarios and acceptance criteria, and help domain experts define theirs.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Fluency with vehicle measurement data: bus signals, logged telemetry, units and encodings
• BS/MS in Mechanical, Electrical, or Systems Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 5+ years in vehicle modeling, controls, or systems engineering — or an equivalent demonstrated record.
• Demonstrated model-to-vehicle correlation experience with quantified results.
• Plant-modeling fluency in at least one toolchain (Modelica, Simulink, or Python) and experience with model exchange (FMI or similar).
• Strong Python for data analysis; comfort in a code-first engineering environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Energy-consumption or vehicle-dynamics validation against dynamometer or track data.
• Automotive systems-engineering artifacts: requirements, DFMEA, STPA.
• ISO 26262 exposure.
• Experience as a technical liaison across multiple engineering teams.

Total Rewards

We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition or any other characteristic protected by law. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [e-mail].

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