Senior Software Engineer in Test: Lead Quality & Automation

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 202,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to join our Consumer Applications Test Team. You will own testing strategy, execution, and quality for consumer app products and platforms, expanding test coverage and automation across mobile, cloud, and embedded services.

As a senior team member, you will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD improvements, and ensure high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software test engineering, including automation, test infrastructure, and CI/CD systems.
• Proficiency in Python, C/C++, Java, Shell, or Rust for building backend services and automation.
• Strong knowledge of testing best practices, including the test pyramid, mocking, and test data management.
• Excellent cross-functional communication and collaboration skills.
• Self-motivated with an ownership mindset and a focus on continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Own product quality and release confidence for your assigned domain, ensuring high-quality releases are delivered on schedule through effective manual and automated testing.
• Define and drive end-to-end test strategy for new features, systems, and releases, including risk assessment, coverage planning, release-readiness criteria, and quality signals.
• Act with a customer‑centric mindset to proactively identify, break, and resolve issues before products ship.
• Take clear ownership of the products and test outcomes that release from your domain, driving accountability across the full development lifecycle.
• Design, implement, and evolve scalable test infrastructure, automation frameworks, runners, lab tooling, and execution services used by the broader test organization.
• Build reliable services, libraries, and internal tools that make it easy for engineers to create, run, debug, and scale automated testing.
• Own and improve CI/CD pipelines for unit, SIL, HIL, integration, system, and end‑to‑end test coverage across mobile, cloud, infotainment, vehicle access systems, and related services.
• Lead technical decisions for test architecture, test selection, parallelization, flakiness reduction, reporting, and reliability improvements.
• Apply deep domain expertise in areas such as vehicle access, mapping, mobile app, or cloud to drive high‑quality test coverage and infrastructure.

Skills

5+ years in software test engineering,

Proficiency in Python

C/C++

Java

Shell

Rust

Experience with CI/CD

Testing best practices

Cross-functional collaboration

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field

Tools

Jenkins

GitLab CI

GitHub Actions

Buildkite

Job description

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in Test to join our Consumer Applications Test Team. You will own testing strategy, execution, and quality for consumer app products and platforms, expanding test coverage and automation across mobile, cloud, and embedded services.

As a senior team member, you will mentor engineers, drive CI/CD improvements, and ensure high-quality releases.