Software Test & Integration Engineer, ES&D Range & Energy Applications

The role

The Software Test & Integration Engineer will design and document test cases for battery and energy management systems. This role involves validating electrical architecture through diagnostics, calibration, and integration work using various testing environments.

What you will do

• Design and document comprehensive test cases for battery and energy management systems from software requirements.
• Collaborate with embedded software and systems engineers to diagnose and resolve integration issues.
• Track feature maturity through SIL, HIL, and vehicle-level test assets.
• Analyze diagnostics and telemetry data from embedded communication systems.
• Test, validate and help calibrate battery and energy management features.
• Plan and coordinate use of test assets, test plans and temperature chamber usage.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or equivalent engineering or sciences.
• 2+ years’ experience working with control systems, battery management, or energy storage in automotive, aerospace, or related industries.
• Proficient in developing automated test cases for SIL, and/or HIL testing environments (experience with Pytest, OpenHTF, or similar).
• Hands-on experience in embedded software integration, calibration, hardware/software debugging.
• Experience with communication bus monitoring/analyzing tools (Vector CANalyzer, vehicle or bench-level debug tools, etc.).
• Experience with calibration and diagnostics tools (Vector CANape, INCA, or similar).
• Familiarity with the fundamentals of battery operation (lithium-ion cells, modules & packs, thermal management, power electronics, state estimation algorithms).
• Familiarity with the energy storage and distribution hardware such as battery packs, DC/DC converters, fuses, power distribution, and battery sensors.

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 electric vehicle challenges through technology like operating systems, zonal controllers, and cloud solutions.