Staff Engineer, Perception: Data Loop

Socket.dev; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 228,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Data Loop engineer to own data pipelines for the Perception System, driving data-driven improvements and the delivery of new autonomy features. You will work closely with labeling and curation teams to ensure diverse, high-quality data and collaborate with ML infrastructure to scale data operations.

You will partner with cross-functional teams to address technical challenges and advance onboard performance, contributing to Rivian's mission and product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Experience in software development and data analysis is required.
• Experience in robotics, perception or autonomy is strongly preferred.
• Ability to solve problems and coordinate across teams in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent teamwork and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own data pipelines for data-driven improvements to the Perception models.
• Build tooling and processes to improve data distributions and coverage.
• Collaborate with labeling/curation teams to drive data diversity and quality.
• Work with ML Infrastructure to scale data operations and pipelines.
• Coordinate with perception, systems engineering and data teams on performance goals.

Skills

Software development experience

Statistical analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in CS, Robotics, EE or related field

Job description

About Rivian

Rivianis on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary

The Data Loop team drives the data-centric enhancement of Rivian’s Perception System by focusing on the tools, operations, and processes needed to build an expanding and increasingly diverse dataset.

As a member of this team, you will own one or more pipelines for data-driven improvements for the Perception models and evaluation systems. Your work will provide the platform for driving autonomy performance improvements with data, and timely delivery of new autonomy features to our customers.

Responsibilities

• Drive continuous improvement in our onboard performance by understanding current limitations and addressing them through improved training data. This includes building tooling to understand data distributions, working with autonomy leaders and engineers to understand current challenges.
• You will work closely with labeling and curation teams to drive priorities across data diversity, scale, accuracy and adding new features to support product expansion.
• Manage the operations that continuously improve our training and evaluation datasets, including curation and dataset generation
• Work with our ML Infrastructure team to build the tools that allow our data operations to scale efficiently.
• Working closely with teams across the larger perception group, systems engineering, data collection and labelling teams to address technical challenges and standardize performance understanding.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Extensive professional experience in Software Development and statistical analysis.
• Experience working in a robotics, perception or autonomy environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong problem solving and coordination skills and an ability to operate effectively in a highly cross functional and fast paced environment.
• Excellent team player with strong communication and presentation skills.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range for California Based Applicants: $228,000 - $285,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factorspermitted by law).

Benefits Summary: Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurancepackages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and childrenup to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivianovers most of the premiums.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. 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.

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AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.

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