Sr. QA Automation Engineer, Infotainment

About Rivian

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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

Join our Infotainment QA team where you will play a crucial role in testing and ensuring the quality of infotainment firmware and functions across all stages of the development life-cycle.

Whether through automation, manual testing, or semi-automated methods, you will help verify software to meet required standards and validate its functionality.

Beyond testing, you may have to contribute to the building and enhancing of automation tools and infrastructure to support scalability.

As a key member, you will not only validate infotainment systems, but also elevate standards by initiating improvements, identifying issues, collaborating across teams, and meticulously testing and verifying bug fixes until resolution.

If you're passionate about QA, automation, and delivering high-quality infotainment solutions, we invite you to join us in shaping the future of automotive technology.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans and test cases for integration testing of software modules and components.
• Identify, analyze, and document defects encountered during integration testing both on sub-system HILs and in vehicle.
• Work closely with developers to resolve issues and ensure defects are effectively addressed.
• Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and system architecture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance overall testing processes and methodologies.
• Maintain test environments and ensure they are up-to-date.
• Design and implement automated integration tests to improve test efficiency and enable automated testing early in the development cycle.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or greater in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on experience integrating and testing automotive infotainment sub-systems or similar consumer electronics devices.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and techniques.
• Proficiency in using version control systems (e.g., git).
• Solid knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell scripting) for test automation.
• Comfortable with using with POSIX-based embedded systems; one or more of Linux, Android, QNX.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, take initiatives and efficiently manage time and priorities.
• Experience working with android / adb.
• Automotive, CAN, and Ethernet experience is a plus.
• Experience with pytest, appium and other automation tools.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range / Hourly Rate for California Based Applicants : 147,000 USD - 183,000 USD (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary : Rivian provides robust medical / Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.

Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.

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 [email protected].

Candidate Data Privacy

Rivian 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 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) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

Rivian 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 affiliates; and (iii) Rivian's service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, 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.

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

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