Director, Software Controls

About the Company

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders focused on the next chapter of automotive technology. We are addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through software-defined solutions, including operating systems, zonal controllers, and cloud connectivity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the people lead and technical expert for domain software development teams relating to electric vehicle systems like propulsion, energy storage, body and thermal
• Work with program management and dependent teams across Rivian and Volkswagen brands to deliver functionality with quality
• Facilitate development planning and post implementation retrospectives with subordinate software implementation and testing teams
• Oversee full-scope software architecture development in C including build and quality insight tooling
• Monitor fleet telemetry and use data analysis to close the loop on software quality and key product performance metrics
• Partner with other engineering leaders cross-functionally to design novel approaches for new development and sustaining efforts

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering
• 5+ years of experience leading large teams
• Ability to lead software architecture and code reviews in C and C++
• Industry experience in software lifecycle management and fleet software deployment
• Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and safety concepts for distributed embedded systems
• Expert in software revision management (Git, GitLab, or GitHub)
• Working knowledge of software test automation using Google test and Pytest
• Working knowledge of digital communication bus standards
• Familiarity with closed loop control algorithms
• Ability to solve problems using design of experiment methodologies