Sr. Controls & Active Safety Engineer, Autonomy

Rivian • Irvine, CA

37d

About The Position

We are seeking a highly motivated Controls Engineer to join our team, specializing in active safety feature development for autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles. This candidate will design, implement, and validate safety-critical systems, with a strong emphasis on integrating controls, machine learning, and AI-based algorithms to advance detection, prediction, and decision-making capabilities. Proficient in C++, Python, and related technologies, they bring hands-on experience in ML/AI model development, data analysis, and real-time system optimization. Their collaborative approach and familiarity with automotive safety standards make them well-equipped to drive innovation and reliability in advanced vehicle safety applications within the Controls team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field.
• 3+ years of direct industry experience as a software engineer in robotics, autonomous vehicles, or other real-time, safety-critical environments.
• Strong proficiency in modern C++, Python, and experience with ML frameworks, along with experience applying large-scale software engineering best practices.
• Strong background in machine learning, AI, and robotics, with hands-on experience developing and deploying learning-based algorithms.
• Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining systems with core AWS services (such as S3, EC2, Lambda), and a solid understanding of cloud-native architecture.
• Familiarity with autonomous systems development, including perception, planning, or control, or related fields such as robotics, simulation, or verification and validation.
• Demonstrated ability to systematically debug and identify root causes of issues.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail
• Familiarity with automotive safety standards and real-time system development.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and validate active safety features such as collision avoidance, lane keeping, and emergency braking for autonomous vehicles.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI-based algorithms into safety-critical systems, leveraging data-driven approaches to enhance detection, prediction, and decision-making capabilities.
• Work closely with data engineering and autolabeling teams to ensure high-quality training and validation datasets for ML/AI models.
• Collaborate with data engineering and autolabeling teams to ensure high-quality, accurately labeled datasets that support the development and validation of ML/AI-driven controls and active safety features, enabling robust reasoning and decision-making capabilities in real-world scenarios.
• Analyze sensor data and vehicle dynamics to improve the performance of ML/AI models used in active safety applications.
• Develop and maintain simulation and testing frameworks to ensure robust performance in real-world scenarios.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize safety features and ML/AI algorithms for reliability and performance across diverse driving environments.

Benefits

• The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree