Factory HIL Automation and Test Engineer

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies•Normal, IL

About The Position

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is continuing to support new product launches and manufacturing capabilities. Doing so in a scalable and well planned manner is critical to our future, customers success, and in building products for the future of the automotive industry. We are looking for a highly motivated individual to work with our partner Rivian to test and integrate vehicle software with our factory systems. Success in this role would mean launch of new vehicles, and efficiency improvements that impact the full organization.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science/Engineering
2+ years of experience working on complex, cross-functional, distributed software systems
Knowledge of software release and build processes. (Agile, git/svn, gitlab, jenkins, groovy)
Experience writing test cases, unit testing, and integration/system testing (SIL/HIL).
Experience working with test tools and software such as NI TestStand. LabView, Test Automation Software, PyTest, GoogleTest, Pickering, GoTest, etc.
Experience developing for embedded systems in C/C++/Rust/Golang/Python/Qt
Experience with networked embedded systems (CAN, Ethernet, LIN, DOIP, ISOTP)
Experience developing or integrating network attached systems (Telematics, Linux, TCP/IP, HTTP)
Strong development and test skills
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth environment

Nice To Haves

Experience working with manufacturing teams or in a manufacturing environment
Experience working in configuration management on a complex electromechanical product (Agricultural, Automotive, Aerospace, Defense, Manufacturing)
Experience with systems engineering and common systems analysis practices
Experience with data reporting tools (Hex, SQL, Databricks, Snowflake, R)
Experience with networking tools (Putty, Vector tools, SSH/SCP, Git, Wireshark)
Experience with messaging strategies (MQTT, NATS, UDP/TCP, API design)
Experience with remotely connected systems (SSH, SCP, RDP, IPv4/6)

Responsibilities

Drive end to end execution of vehicle software bring up; taking on integration, testing, issue escalation, resolution, and complete software testing and trials
Develop tools, standards, and test procedures to thoroughly test vehicle software and integration with factory systems.
Working with stakeholders in vehicle and factory software teams to arbitrate discussion, development, and issue resolution.
Defining and driving development of new Software and Hardware in-loop test cases.
Drive important metrics for vehicle software test coverage and issue reporting.