Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Silicon & Sensing Systems

Role Summary

Join as Staff Silicon Validation Software Engineer in Autonomy Hardware and Sensing Systems team. You will be part of the team to build Rivian’s next generation hardware platform including Rivian in-house AI accelerator SoC to enhance vehicle performance and autonomous driving capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Work w/ SoC validation team to refine and execute the SoC validation plan
• Use C embedded software to validate SoC for the next generation hardware design, enable SoC internal functional blocks and peripheral interfaces.
• Sensor (Lidar/Radar) bring up and integration.
• Develop automatic testing tools and generate test coverage reports.
• Build benchmark tools to evaluate performance of the hardware system, including throughput, latency, resource utilization, IO or compute frequency metrics
• Document validation progress and results in Rivian’s tracking system, to maintain good traceability

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelors/Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field
• 4-15 years experience in related fields.
• Proficient in Embedded C software development.
• Good analytical skills, written and verbal communication skills, and a team player

Preferred

• With projects focusing on platform/embedded software development
• Experience with scripting languages like Python, Linux shell, etc.
• Prior experience in AMD Zynq Petalinux development
• Prior experience in AI accelerator is a plus
• Prior experience in SoC peripheral interfaces like JTAG, I2C, UART, SPI, ethernet, DDR, PCIe is a plus
• Prior experience in camera data processing like MIPI interfaces, ISP, video encoder is a plus

Pay Disclosure

Pay Range

The salary range for this role is $186,000 - $232,000 annually for Bay Area based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com. You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than 10/15/2026.