Software Engineer, Body Controls

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

We are seeking a talented and driven Systems Engineer focusing on the development of advanced vehicle safety systems, to join our body and lighting controls systems team. In this role, you will drive the design, development, and validation of passive safety systems, ensuring configurability, safety, and globally compliance.. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, in hardware, firmware, regulatory, and brand to deliver cutting-edge solutions that enhance the vehicle safety and align with our commitment to innovation and quality.

Responsibilities

• Define and document vehicle, subsystem and component requirements & attributes for:

  passive safety features, vehicle control systems, and internally developed controller

  components, throughout the development lifecycle

• Work cross functionally across HW, SW, and with brand feature teams to align across

  teams and brands

• Support feature verification test case definition & ensure traceability to all respective

  requirements

• Ensure vehicle quality through comprehensive functional analysis using hierarchical

  DFMEA and STPA

• Ensure passive safety compliance to appropriate automotive standards (NCAP,

  EU-NCAP, homologation, etc.)

• Coordinate the system delivery and timing to ensure achievement of development

  milestones.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field

• Minimum of 2 years of experience with systems design and integration (automotive or adjacent industry)

• Strong technical writing. You can turn vague product ideas into something engineers can build and testers can verify.

• Excellent communication skills

• Experience with definition and decomposition of passive safety systems (e.g., pre and post-crash behaviors, seatbelt reminder, child presence detection, EDR, active restraints systems etc.)

• Designing for software-defined vehicles, where features change via configuration and OTA rather than rewiring.

• Experience with system verification and test automation (SIL/vHIL/HIL environments)

• Experience with DFMEA/STPA and associated tools

• ISO 26262 and SOTIF (ISO 21448) experience.

• Writing or reviewing automated tests in SIL, virtual HIL, or HIL.

• Reading C/C++ and Python well enough to debug with firmware engineers and review pull requests.

• Fluency with Git workflows (branching, merging, code review, CI).

• Interest in AI-assisted tooling for requirements, traceability, and test generation

Total Rewards

Full-time positions include base salary, eligibility for an annual performance bonus, and eligibility for equity.

In addition to base salary, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies offers benefits tailored to the local market. For more information on the benefits available for full-time employees, check out our Global Benefits Site .

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board .

Equal Opportunity

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. 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. We are also committed to ensuring compliance with all applicable fair employment practice laws regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies 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 jobs.jobcopilot.com.

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies” may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) record keeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies affiliates; and (iii) Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies’ service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.

If you provide a mobile telephone number as part of your application or during the recruitment process, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies may use that number to contact you via SMS text message for recruitment-related purposes, including scheduling, logistics, and status updates. Message and data rates may apply. You may opt out of SMS communications at any time by replying STOP to any text message you receive from us. Consent to receive SMS messages is not a condition of applying for or being considered for employment.

Please see our Candidate Data Privacy Notice (English) and Candidate Data Privacy Notice (Serbian) for more information.

--

Please note this job posting represents an open, active vacancy. Additionally, we are not currently accepting applications from third party application services.