Senior Vehicle Power Moding Systems Engineer

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSUs)

Health coverage

Retirement plan

Job summary

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies seeks a talented Systems Engineer to architect vehicle power moding across next-gen electrical architectures. Drive design, development, and validation of power management for energy efficiency, performance, and reliability across multiple programs.

Collaborate with external brands and cross-functional teams to balance technical constraints with innovative, quality-focused solutions.

Qualifications

• Design timing-critical sequences for high-transient loads and ensure system stability.
• Experience with electromechanical platforms (aerospace/defense/automotive).
• Familiarity with functional safety standards (ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 61508).
• Ability to decompose high-level system intents into testable software/hardware specifications.
• Experience leading cross-functional negotiations and requirements harmonization.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with external customer brands to harmonize vehicle behaviors with architecture constraints and ensure flexible power moding across brands.
• Own the end-to-end technical definition of the vehicle power moding system and align with program milestones.
• Lead the design of arbitration logic to manage competing power requests while maintaining safe power state.
• Define software interfaces and APIs for the power moding service over Ethernet with zonal controllers.
• Partner with safety and energy teams to implement Limp-Home strategies and tiered load-shedding.
• Decompose high-level requirements into testable specs for software, hardware, and integration teams.
• Define deterministic timing between power moding software and LV/HV subsystems with precise sequencing.
• Manage the vehicle sleep budget and coordinate with energy management to align with range targets.
• Support SIL and HIL test case development focusing on high-risk transient transitions.
• Lead DFMEA/FTA analysis for power-moding behaviors during failures.
• Guide engineers in requirement decomposition and traceability for high-complexity power systems.
• Willingness to travel up to 10% as required.

Skills

Systems engineering

Power management

DFMEA/FTA

Requirements management

Safety standards

Education

B.S./M.S. in Electrical Engineering or related

Tools

Flow

Jama

Polarion

DOORS

Job description

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies seeks a talented Systems Engineer to architect vehicle power moding across next-gen electrical architectures. Drive design, development, and validation of power management for energy efficiency, performance, and reliability across multiple programs.

Collaborate with external brands and cross-functional teams to balance technical constraints with innovative, quality-focused solutions.