About Us

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

Role Summary

The Diagnostics Organization’s mission is to be the industry trailblazer in ZEV diagnostics leveraging our smart vehicle ecosystem to delight our customers as they fearlessly (and faultlessly) enjoy their next adventure.

We achieve our mission by developing the most advanced integrated diagnostics system in the world, capable of proactively monitoring, analyzing, and learning from our fleets throughout their lifecycle.

In this you will be the diagnostic system expert to one or more of the vehicle sub-systems to ensure appropriate requirements definition, software development, and implementation within that domain. You will work directly with that domain’s software development team to identify and integrate necessary diagnostic system coverage to support the needs of engineering, manufacturing and service. You will serve as the integrator between multiple stakeholder groups including software and hardware engineering, manufacturing, service, quality, reliability, functional safety, homologation, and the broader diagnostic organization.

Responsibilities

Serve as the “subject matter expert” within one or more vehicle sub-systems driving diagnostic system development of that domain’s onboard diagnostic (OBD) system.

Serve as the primary interface between the diagnostic organization and your domain’s system engineering team, associated controls or software team, manufacturing organization, and service organization.

Serve as the feature champion for all OBD features within your domain, responsible for appropriate planning and coordination of your features’ development to fit within the broader program development plans.

Define diagnostic system requirements for your domain based on stakeholder inputs and DFMEA.

Identify fault detection mechanisms and develop diagnostic monitoring strategies for your domain including detailed requirements definition, algorithm definition, and architectural design.

Work with the software, test and integration, and calibration teams to ensure correct implementation of all diagnostic system requirements.

Ensure complete verification of requirements and architectural design to ensure correct system functionality.

Intake feedback from the manufacturing plant, service, reliability, quality, and development to facilitate continued diagnostic system improvement and drive the update of requirements and implementation.

Support technical integration of your domain at the manufacturing plant as relates to the onboard diagnostic system.

Support the realization of your diagnostic features in the manufacturing and service environments, including providing necessary requirements and support to diagnostic tooling teams.

Perform above tasks in support of all programs currently in the field and in future development across all of RV Tech’s platforms.

Drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and best practice methodologies.

Qualifications

BS in Engineering (preferably Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, or Software related discipline).

5+ years of experience in an engineering role (level negotiable based on experience).

Experience with Requirements Engineering, Systems Engineering and E/E Architecture tasks.

Hands-on working capability with electromechanical (vehicle) systems.

Effective ability to troubleshoot and root cause complex systems.

Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, CANFD, ETH, LIN, UART, SENT, etc.)