Staff Software Engineer — Self-Driving Middleware

Rivian; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 206,000 - 258,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Family coverage

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in safety-critical self-driving middleware to design, develop, and deploy software that underpins autonomous features.

You will work on Linux and real-time operating systems, collaborate on architecture decisions, and support middleware integration across multiple processors and accelerators.

Based in California, this senior role offers a competitive salary and benefits, with a disclosed range reflecting experience and location.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of production-grade software experience.
• Strong C++ programming skills.
• Experience in automotive or robotics software development.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy software within hardware abstraction middleware for safety-critical features.
• Develop software on Linux and real-time operating systems (QNX, FreeRTOS, etc.).
• Develop software on distributed heterogeneous systems with multiple processors.
• Create tools to support development, debugging, and testing.
• Assist in software-design and code reviews while helping other developers on technical issues.
• Analyze requirements, architecture, design, development, code review, QA, and deployment across the software lifecycle.
• Coordinate with application development and cross-functional teams to enable middleware integration.

Skills

C++ programming

Linux development

Real-time OS

Self-driving software

OpenCV/OpenVX

Scripting (Python/Bash)

Hardware awareness

Team collaboration

Education

B.S./M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

CUDA

TensorRT

OpenCL

Git

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Software Engineer specializing in safety-critical self-driving middleware to design, develop, and deploy software that underpins autonomous features.

You will work on Linux and real-time operating systems, collaborate on architecture decisions, and support middleware integration across multiple processors and accelerators.

Based in California, this senior role offers a competitive salary and benefits, with a disclosed range reflecting experience and location.