Staff Radar & RF Electronics Design Engineer

Rivian Automotive; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 186,000 - 232,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Insurance benefits (medical, dental,視)

Job summary

Rivian Automotive seeks a Staff Electronic Design Engineer for the Autonomy Sensing Systems team. You will architect, develop, deploy and optimize advanced sensing systems powering Rivian's autonomous vehicles.

This role emphasizes high-performance radar front-end, RF, processing, power and high-speed signaling, with cross-functional collaboration across software, mechanical and reliability teams. You will drive PCBA architecture, perform RF analyses, guide layout, and lead debugging of field

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of experience.
• Detailed understanding of RF design requirements.
• Strong EE fundamentals in power, high speed, analog and mixed-signal design.
• Experience in design and validation of high-speed signaling.
• Proficiency in schematic capture and layout tools (Altium Designer and OrCAD).
• SI/PI principles and PCB stack-up expertise.
• Experience with automotive standards (ISO 26262, AEC-Q100).
• Ability to script (Python, Bash) to automate data generation and tests.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical system design for next-gen Radar sensing and high-performance compute systems.
• Drive PCBA architecture, BOM selection and DFx for manufacturing.
• Perform RF analysis and simulations to inform robust system design and isolation.
• Lead schematic capture and PCB layout guidance for performance and reliability.
• Define tests and collect measurements to validate the product.
• Characterize RF performance via bench and chamber testing.

Skills

RF design

High-speed signaling

Schematic capture

Altium Designer

OrCAD

HFSS

Python scripting

Power integrity

Signal integrity

Laboratory bring-up

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium Designer

OrCAD

HFSS

Keysight ADS

Job description

Rivian Automotive seeks a Staff Electronic Design Engineer for the Autonomy Sensing Systems team. You will architect, develop, deploy and optimize advanced sensing systems powering Rivian's autonomous vehicles.

This role emphasizes high-performance radar front-end, RF, processing, power and high-speed signaling, with cross-functional collaboration across software, mechanical and reliability teams. You will drive PCBA architecture, perform RF analyses, guide layout, and lead debugging of field