Senior Systems Integration Engineer, Simulation Platform

The role

You will own how controllers are brought into the virtual vehicle platform and kept there. You will define controller interfaces, integrate controllers into the simulation, and drive the adoption of simulation-ready standards.

What you will do

• Define and drive adoption of standards and automation for simulation-ready controller software releases.
• Own the definition of controller interfaces to the simulated vehicle and the associated tooling.
• Integrate additional vehicle controllers into the simulation and own their composition into a full-vehicle system.
• Diagnose integration defects at the controller boundary and convert findings into automated checks.
• Own the simulation gates in the embedded software continuous-integration process.
• Document the onboarding process and mentor engineers on both sides.

Required qualifications

• BS/MS in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent demonstrated experience.
• 5+ years in embedded automotive software — or an equivalent demonstrated record.
• Deep familiarity with modern embedded build systems and large firmware codebases.
• Strong C and Python, including experience integrating compiled embedded code with host-side tooling.
• CI/CD ownership, including pipelines consumed by other teams.
• Demonstrated ability to drive a technical standard to adoption across teams you did not belong to.

Nice to have

• Software-in-the-loop or virtual-ECU experience.
• Automotive middleware and network fluency: AUTOSAR-style interface generation, CAN/Ethernet, DBC/ARXML, diagnostics.
• Hardware-in-the-loop integration experience.
• Contributions to code generators, build infrastructure, or release tooling used organization-wide.

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 for software-defined vehicles.