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.

Job Description:

Responsible for performing functional safety analysis of internally designed application software and/or platform software. Contribute to the creation of software safety requirements and leading the development of safe SW architecture using safety analysis methods. Collaborate closely with the vehicle functional safety team, HW functional safety team, software development team, testing team and system team to ensure delivery of safety software across multiple programs and variants. Derive software safety requirements for application software and/or platform software. Contribute to creation of technical safety requirements. Support implementation of software safety requirements at the application software layer and/or platform software. Support/derive safety analysis using SW-FTA, SW-FMEA. Lead the development of SW architecture for safety, including ASIL decomposition, freedom-from-interference analysis, dependent failure analysis. Derive safety measures (e.g. Plausibility check, Memory protection) in application software and/or platform software. Write fault injection test cases to support SIL and HIL testing. Support HSI (Hardware-Software Interface) content between software and internal/external developed hardware. Support defining programming and coding guidelines for the software development teams. Support tool classification and qualification across Rivian’s software toolsets. Develop verification and validation methods to support testing of software safety mechanisms. Document relevant software safety requirements, analysis, architecture implementation, verification and validation events for application software/or platform software for RVT ECUs.

Minimum Requirements:

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field and 2 years of experience in any occupation involving developing safety software. Must have experience working with the following: embedded systems; working with Body controllers safety applications; Requirements derivation and traceability; System Architecture and Design; Failure Mode Analysis; Test specification for HIL / SIL testing (V&V); working on NXP and/or Infineon automotive safety processors; utilizing agile software development process; using requirements management tools JAMA and Doors; and utilizing issue tracking tools Jira and Bugzilla.

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Total Rewards

We build the exceptional — and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees — including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.