Staff Embedded Software Engineer, Silicon & Sensing Systems

Rivian • Palo Alto, CA

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About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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

Nice To Haves

• 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

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.
• 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

Benefits

• paid vacation
• paid sick leave
• life insurance
• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• short-term disability insurance
• long-term disability insurance
• 401(k) Plan
• Employee Stock Purchase Program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior