Sr. Staff Hardware Systems Architect - Infotainment/Skunkworks

The role

You will lead efforts within the Hardware Systems Architecture team to develop product features and define sub-system and module architectures within the vehicle's low voltage electrical system. This role involves modeling system-level trade-offs and collaborating with cross-functional teams to create validation plans.

What you will do

• Work cross-functionally to factor functional and performance requirements into sub-systems
• Model system-level trade-offs concerning distributed compute, network and other resources
• Establish key vendor relationships to build out a scalable infotainment roadmap
• Guide the development of mock-ups or prototypes to study next-gen technologies
• Collaborate with engineers to create comprehensive validation plans

Required qualifications

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field
• 10+ years of hands-on experience in relevant industries, including automotive, aerospace, or relevant consumer applications
• Strong familiarity with automotive high-compute technologies for infotainment and autonomy
• Experience designing and developing embedded systems
• Hands-on experience with embedded hardware such as high-compute SoCs, MCUs, camera or other sensors, de-/serializers, transceivers, networking components, and/or related connectivity and peripheral in
• Strong understanding of embedded computing platforms and methods for quantifying performance of processors
• Conversant with on- and off-board high-speed automotive interfaces and networks
• Solid grasp of the power related aspects of distributed embedded architectures
• Experience with camera sensors and downstream processing pipelines
• Conversant with wireless technologies like GNSS, BLE, LTE, 5G, Wi-Fi, and/or UWB

Nice to have

• Some familiarity with automotive audio technologies including RNC, SDR, DSPs, i2s and A2B interfaces, amplifiers, mics, accelerometers and related peripherals

Benefits

• competitive base salary
• annual company performance bonus program
• equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
• health coverage
• retirement savings
• time off
• family planning programs

About the company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders. They address the challenges of electric vehicles through technology for software-defined vehicles.