Senior Software Engineer - Display/Touch Infotainment Platform

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies•Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

The Infotainment Platform team at Rivian Volkswagen Technologies is looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join our Automotive Software team. We are developing the next generation, Android-based in-vehicle experience that will be deployed across all future electric vehicles in the Rivian and Volkswagen Group portfolios. You will work on the architecture, integration, and optimization of both display and input subsystems for our next-generation infotainment platforms. In this role, you will own the end-to-end pipeline from the low-level hardware drivers (touch controllers, display panels, physical buttons) up through the OS frameworks (Linux, QNX, Android Automotive) to ensure a seamless, highly responsive, and visually flawless user experience. Join us in driving the future of automotive infotainment!

Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
5+ years of proven experience in embedded software development or platform engineering, specifically focusing on display panels, touch screens, and hardware input technologies.
Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming.
Deep understanding of embedded operating systems such as Linux, QNX, or Android Automotive OS.
Solid grasp of display and input frameworks (e.g., Linux DRM/KMS, Android SurfaceFlinger/InputManager).
Experience with hardware peripherals and interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, MIPI DSI).
Excellent problem-solving, system-level debugging, and teamwork skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience bringing up automotive infotainment platforms on major SoCs (e.g., Qualcomm Snapdragon, NXP).
Familiarity with graphics libraries and hardware compositors (OpenGL ES, Vulkan, HWC).
Experience with automotive communication protocols (CAN, Automotive Ethernet).
Familiarity with display virtualization (VirtIO-GPU) and hypervisor environments (e.g., QNX, Gunyah).
Proficiency with performance profiling tools like Systrace, Perfetto, and vendor-specific GPU profilers.

Responsibilities

Develop, integrate, and maintain display drivers and compositor frameworks (e.g., DRM/KMS, SurfaceFlinger, Wayland, OpenWFD) for complex, multi-display automotive topologies.
Develop and integrate drivers and middleware for touch panels (capacitive, resistive) and physical infotainment buttons (e.g., hard keys, rotary dials, steering wheel controls).
Optimize input processing, gesture recognition, multi-touch coordination, and noise filtering within the OS input frameworks (e.g., Android InputFlinger, Linux evdev).
Tune the complete glass-to-glass pipeline. Optimize frame rates, visual quality (color accuracy, white point tuning), and touch/button latency to ensure a fluid, highly responsive user experience.
Partner closely with hardware vendors and SoC partners to bring up new display panels (LCD, OLED) and input interfaces via standard buses (MIPI DSI, I2C, SPI) and SerDes links.
Investigate and resolve complex display and input issues (e.g., screen freezes, visual artifacts, touch ghosting, missed button presses, dropped frames) using software profilers, gdb, JTAG, and logic analyzers.
Implement advanced system features such as dynamic backlight control, power sequencing, resolution switching, fault monitoring, and multi-display synchronization.
Work closely with Hardware engineers, UI/UX designers, and System teams to define requirements, document software architectures, and ensure compliance with automotive safety and EMC requirements.