Director - Infotainment and Connectivity Integration

The role

You will own the end-to-end quality and integration strategy for the Infotainment platform. This includes wireless connectivity, software validation, system integration, and the in-vehicle experience. You will lead a team of 60+ engineers.

What you will do

• Own the overall quality strategy and standards for the Infotainment and Connectivity platform.
• Lead and expand a team of managers.
• Drive systemic root cause analysis on high-severity quality escapes.
• Set and enforce the quality culture across the Infotainment org and cross-functional partnerships.
• Build the automation strategy and testing infrastructure.
• Partner with senior Engineering, Product, and Program leaders to influence roadmap decisions.
• Represent quality in executive forums.
• Define what done means for quality.

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software quality, system integration, or related technical leadership
• 5+ years managing large, senior engineering teams
• Deep expertise in consumer tech or gadget-focused environments
• Technical depth to triage complex infotainment integration issues
• Strong background in connectivity and/or software-defined systems
• Proven track record influencing peer leaders and executives
• Experience in high-pressure production environments with meaningful reject rate exposure
• Ability to lead through ambiguity and build structure

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s Degree or greater in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or related field
• Background with a consumer device company with rigorous quality culture
• Automotive software or embedded systems experience, particularly with EV platforms
• Familiarity with automotive software development lifecycle frameworks
• Experience standing up quality orgs or leading significant org transformations
• wireless protocol experience
• working directly with embedded systems

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.