Automation Engineer, EDA

About Rivian

Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Role Summary

Rivian's Hardware Engineering team designs the complex electronics that power our industry-leading vehicles. To keep our hardware development agile, error-free, and operating at scale, we need robust software pipelines.

As an Automation Engineer, EDA (Electronic Design Automation), you will bridge the gap between software development and hardware design. Focused on the Cadence Allegro X ecosystem and Altium, you will develop custom tools, scripts, and backend integrations that empower our electrical engineers to design better circuit boards, faster. You will work directly with PCB layout engineers, schematic designers, and system architects to eliminate bottlenecks, automate repetitive tasks, and seamlessly connect our electrical design applications with enterprise backend systems. You will help develop solutions to analyze results from EDA tools and workflows in the epoch of emerging Agentic AI frameworks

If you are a recent graduate passionate about software engineering, electronics, and building tools that bring physical products to life, this is the perfect role for you.

Responsibilities

• Tool Development: Design, develop, and deploy custom tools and applications including automation scripts and add-ons to the EDA tools such as Cadence Allegro X environment (using SKILL, TCL, Python, or C/C++).
• Backend Integration: Build robust backend pipelines connecting EDA tools with other critical electrical design applications.
• Workflow Optimization: Collaborate closely with Hardware and PCB Layout Engineers to identify workflow inefficiencies, gather requirements, and build software solutions that reduce manual errors and accelerate design cycles.
• Data Management: Develop tools to automate the data extraction from EDA tools and creating custom verifications.
• Code Quality: Write clean, documented, and maintainable code, actively participating in code reviews and utilizing version control (Git) within an agile development framework.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a closely related field (Recent or upcoming graduate).
• Programming Skills: Strong foundational knowledge of object-oriented programming and scripting languages, such as Python. Experience integrating software via REST APIs, GraphQL, or working with enterprise databases (SQL/NoSQL).
• Domain Knowledge: A basic understanding of electrical engineering concepts, PCB, Package design workflows.
• Problem Solving: A highly analytical mindset with the ability to break down complex, multi-step engineering workflows into logical software requirements.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain software concepts to hardware engineers and vice versa.

Preferred

• Experience with TCL, SKILL programming language or developing with Cadence APIs.
• Experience with Data visualization technologies such as three.js or Canvas.
• Familiarity with the Cadence Allegro Suite (Design Entry HDL, System Capture, Allegro PCB Designer).
• Previous internship or project experience involving hardware-in-the-loop, EDA toolchains, or PLM systems (like Enovia or Teamcenter).

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $103,800 - $115,300 for Palo Alto based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.


The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.


We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian's 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at View email address on click.appcast.io.

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Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.