Sr. Electronics Design and Characterization Engineer (InfoConn)

The role

You will drive design review and hardware characterization for vehicle electronics, specifically Infotainment & Connectivity ECUs. You will develop test plans, execute characterization testing, and provide feedback to design engineers to optimize designs.

What you will do

• Develop detailed design verification and characterization test plans and requirements.
• Execute characterization testing plans according to project milestones.
• Own test coverage reports and analysis.
• Perform bench-level characterization at IC and PCBA levels.
• Characterize high-speed interfaces at the ECU connector.
• Characterize conducted RF performance of integrated radios.
• Lead power integrity and coexistence/desense characterization efforts.
• Characterize protection and fault behavior.
• Provide early feedback to design engineers regarding design decisions and testability.
• Support creation and presentation of Design for Testability (DFT) reports.

Required qualifications

• BS/MS or equivalent work experience in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of experience in electronics design, characterization and validation testing.
• Experience using lab instrumentation like high-bandwidth oscilloscopes and probes, VNA, BERT, power supplies, electronic loads, digital multimeters, DAQ, source measure units, current probes, and swit
• Hands-on experience with at least one of: spectrum analyzers, vector signal analyzers/generators, or wireless connectivity testers (LitePoint, R&S CMW/CMX, Anritsu, or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of Electrical Engineering fundamentals and circuit analysis.
• Practical understanding of power and signal integrity fundamentals for high-compute hardware.
• Working understanding of RF fundamentals.
• Experience in scripting and data analysis using Python.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools (Claude, Claude Code, Copilot, Cursor, or similar) to write and refactor test code and to analyze characterization data.

Nice to have

• Hands-on characterization experience with infotainment/head units, cockpit compute, telematics units, or connectivity gateways.
• Experience with radio coexistence and desense debug.
• Familiar with low-level firmware and C programming.
• Comfort working at the Linux/Android/QNX command line.
• Experience with Altium Designer.
• Working knowledge of vehicle electrical systems and communication buses (Ethernet, SPI, CAN, LIN, etc.) and diagnostic protocols (UDS, XCP).
• Experience in developing automated test setups.
• Experience designing custom PCBAs, high-speed interposers, RF fixtures, or characterization breakout boards.
• Experience with storage endurance and health characterization.
• Experience with thermal instrumentation.

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 addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology.