Rivian currently has 8 active AI-related job listings. The majority of these roles, 50%, are focused on agents, with another 38% dedicated to serving infrastructure. Engineering is the primary function for these positions, with hiring concentrated in the United States and the United Kingdom. Frequent technology tags include model serving, inference infrastructure, and agent orchestration, suggesting a focus on deploying and managing AI models. In the last 30 days, Rivian has posted 4 new AI roles.
Rivian currently has 20 active AI-related roles in our index. The most common open titles are: Staff Software Engineer, ML Training and Inference Infrastructure (2), Data Annotation Specialist II, People Systems Solution Analyst, Product Manager, Facilities Technology, Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Enterprise Software. Most positions are in Engineering and Product.
Rivian's active AI hiring is concentrated in: serving infrastructure (45%), agents (40%), data (10%). These categories follow a seven-stage AI lifecycle: data, pre-training, post-training, serving infrastructure, agents, evaluation, and application.
Rivian is hiring AI talent in: United States (18 roles), United Kingdom (1 role), Serbia (1 role).
Job postings at Rivian most frequently mention: Quantization, Autonomous Driving, Machine Learning, Real-Time Systems, Robotics.
In the past 30 days, Rivian has posted 14 new AI-related roles.
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Staff Machine Learning Engineer, End-to-End Autonomy Seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer to develop end-to-end models for autonomous driving, unifying perception, prediction, and planning. The role involves guiding the architecture, implementation, and deployment of the Large Driving Model (LDM), building large-scale training and evaluation pipelines, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure real-world deployment constraints are met. Experience with foundation models, self-supervised learning, and transformer models is required. | AgentData | 9 |
| Sr / Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Perception Sr/Staff ML Engineer for Rivian's Perception Team, focusing on developing, deploying, and optimizing ML models for autonomous vehicle safety-critical features. Responsibilities include owning the ML model lifecycle, architecting data pipelines, developing evaluation tools, and optimizing system performance for real-time embedded deployment. |
| ServeData |
| 9 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Perception, Autonomy Staff Software Engineer focused on safety-critical self-driving software, specifically optimizing, testing, and enhancing onboard Perception models. The role involves the full software engineering lifecycle, from requirements to deployment, and requires collaboration with model development teams for integration. Experience with hardware accelerators and production-grade software is essential. | ServePost-train | 8 |
| Staff ML Engineer, Hardware Software Co-Design This role focuses on optimizing quantized deep learning models for hardware acceleration in autonomous systems, bridging perception model design with efficient execution on embedded platforms. The engineer will research state-of-the-art perception models and develop optimization pipelines for quantized versions, customizing them for real-time performance and energy efficiency on next-generation autonomy hardware. | Serve | 8 |
| Sr. Staff ML Engineer, Hardware Software Co-Design This role focuses on optimizing quantized deep learning models for hardware acceleration in autonomous systems, bridging perception model design with hardware-aware deployment for embedded platforms. The engineer will research state-of-the-art perception models and develop optimization pipelines for real-time performance and energy efficiency on custom accelerators, collaborating with hardware teams for co-optimization. | Serve | 8 |
| Sr. Staff ML Engineer, Quantization & Compression This role focuses on optimizing quantized deep learning models for hardware acceleration in autonomous systems, bridging perception model design and hardware-aware deployment for embedded platforms. The engineer will research state-of-the-art perception models and develop optimization pipelines for quantized versions to achieve real-time performance and energy efficiency on custom accelerators. | Serve | 8 |
| Sr. Manager, ML Acceleration and Performance This role leads a team focused on compressing, optimizing, and deploying advanced neural networks onto Rivian's custom embedded compute platforms. The goal is to ensure the autonomy stack is performance-first while meeting next-generation safety requirements, bridging ML research with low-level silicon constraints. | Serve | 8 |
| Sr. Controls & Active Safety Engineer, Autonomy This role focuses on developing and validating active safety features for autonomous vehicles by integrating AI-based algorithms into safety-critical systems. The engineer will design, implement, and optimize these systems, leveraging ML/AI for detection, prediction, and decision-making, and will work with data teams to ensure high-quality datasets for model development and validation. | Agent | 8 |
| Staff Software Engineer, ML Training and Inference Infrastructure Staff Software Engineer focused on optimizing ML training and inference infrastructure for large autonomous driving models on NVIDIA GPU systems, including on-board inference latency optimization and distributed training. | ServePost-train | 8 |
| Sr. Staff Engineer, Autonomy Triage Sr. Staff Engineer, Autonomy Triage at Rivian. This role focuses on owning the architecture and methodology for the L4 autonomy triage infrastructure, turning road data into actionable signals for improving the autonomy stack. It involves defining and owning the end-to-end triage pipeline, enhancing ground truth infrastructure, evaluating metric parity, and driving the roadmap for triage coverage. Requires deep familiarity with AV development, ML model development/deployment, and large-scale data engineering. | Agent | 7 |
| Staff Machine Learning Compiler Engineer Staff Machine Learning Compiler Engineer to develop an ML Compiler for mapping Autonomy ML models to Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1), focusing on hardware-aware optimizations for inference performance. | Serve | 7 |
| Staff Technical Program Manager, Autonomy Staff Technical Program Manager for Autonomy at Rivian, focused on driving cross-functional projects involving sense and compute HW, Perception & Pose (ML-reliant), Planning & Controls, Infrastructure & Simulation (ML training/validation), Systems Definition, Integration & Triage, to build an Autonomy product. Requires experience managing AI/ML components and data pipelines, hands-on experience with ML-based products, and evaluation with metrics-driven analysis. | Agent | 7 |
| Sr. Software Engineer, Enterprise Software Senior Software Engineer to build scalable, cloud-native enterprise applications for supply chain and manufacturing operations, with an AI-first mindset for designing workflows, automation, and decision-support systems. | Agent | 5 |
| People Systems Solution Analyst This role focuses on enhancing and deploying People Systems, specifically Workday, by leveraging AI. Responsibilities include data integrity, building EIBs and reports, developing AI-driven data reconciliation and AI-augmented regression testing processes, evaluating new AI features, and partnering with HR teams to translate strategic priorities into system solutions. The role emphasizes automation and AI adoption within HRIS. | Agent | 5 |
| Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Enterprise Software Software Engineering Manager to lead teams designing and building scalable, intelligent enterprise platforms for manufacturing and supply chain ecosystems, driving an AI-first mindset for workflows, automation, and decision-support systems. | Ship | 5 |
| Sr. Employee Experience Partner, Rewards & Data This role focuses on HR operations, specifically in rewards and data management. While it mentions leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency and employee experience, the core function is not building AI models but rather using AI as a tool within HR processes. The role involves managing HR escalations, ensuring data integrity in Workday, and driving process improvements with a focus on automation and AI for streamlining tasks. It requires experience in HR operations, total rewards, or global mobility, with technical savvy in Workday and ServiceNow, and an interest in AI for operational challenges. | — | 5 |
| Sr. Autonomy Data Collection and Prototyping, Vehicle Build and Bring Up Engineer This role focuses on the engineering and automation of vehicle build and bring-up processes for data collection fleets, ensuring data integrity for downstream ML consumers. It involves designing automation, electrical checks, and diagnostic workflows, optimizing the build cycle, and validating data quality for autonomy stacks. The role requires proficiency in Python/Bash and automotive diagnostic protocols, with an emphasis on leveraging AI-assisted tools to accelerate script development and automate tasks. | Data | 5 |
| Staff Cybersecurity Analyst, Risk Management This role supports Rivian's cybersecurity risk management practice, focusing on day-to-day risk management, monitoring key risk indicators (KRIs), and facilitating risk discussions. The analyst will use AI-enabled tooling and risk platforms to improve efficiency and transparency in risk decisions, maintain risk registers, and collaborate with various teams. The role requires experience with cybersecurity frameworks like NIST CSF and ISO 27001, and the ability to influence risk treatment decisions. | — | 5 |
| Sr. Validation Software Engineer This role focuses on validating the hardware platform, including an in-house AI accelerator SoC, for Rivian's next-generation vehicles. The engineer will develop software and use FPGA technology to test the SoC, create automatic testing tools, generate reports, and build benchmark tools to evaluate system performance. Experience with C/C++, scripting languages, and embedded systems is required, with a plus for AI accelerator, FPGA, and camera data processing experience. | — | 5 |
| Systems Integration Engineer II, Automated Drive Integration This role focuses on integrating hardware and software components for automated driving systems, involving data analysis, dashboard creation, and root-cause analysis of system-level issues. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams, prototype tools, and leverage automation and AI to enhance development efficiency. | — | 2 |
| Field Service Technician- Woodbury, NY Rivian is seeking a Field Service Technician to perform hands-on vehicle repairs, diagnosis, installations, and inspections for Rivian vehicles. The role involves identifying and explaining the Rivian product line, utilizing technical resources for repairs, managing parts operations, and documenting work. Candidates should have general requirements like a High School Diploma, proficiency with tools, a valid driver's license, and computer skills. Experience in automotive repair, especially with electric vehicles, is highly preferred. Technical skills required include understanding low voltage and electrical systems, high voltage systems safety, chassis/brakes/suspension service, and thermal systems service. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Field Service Technician - Denver, Co This role is for a Sr. Field Service Technician at Rivian, focusing on vehicle repair, diagnosis, and customer service. It involves working with high-voltage systems, using diagnostic tools, and maintaining quality standards. The role requires strong technical acumen, customer-first approach, and problem-solving skills. Experience in automotive repair, continuous improvement, and managing escalations is a plus. The role may involve travel and requires a valid driver's license and a clean driving record. The salary range is $24.75 - $36.44 per hour. | — | 0 |
| Field Service Technician - Knightdale, NC This role is for a hands-on Field Service Technician responsible for supporting Rivian vehicle repairs, including diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections. The technician will utilize technical resources, manage parts operations, and communicate professionally with customers. The role requires proficiency in tools, basic electrical systems, and potentially high voltage systems, chassis, brakes, suspension, and thermal systems. Experience in automotive repair, especially with electric vehicles, is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Senior Global Supply Manager, IT This role is responsible for managing the IT Software category for Product Development, Engineering, and Manufacturing. The Senior Global Supply Manager (IT Software) will oversee all commercial aspects of new business awards and renewals, present contract award recommendations to senior leadership, negotiate software licensing cost & agreements, and build strong partnerships with both suppliers and internal stakeholders. | — | 0 |
| Software Engineer 2 Software Engineer 2 at Rivian's Commercial Technology Team, responsible for the end-to-end implementation of digital experiences outside the vehicle, including customer and internal applications across web, mobile, and in-store. The role involves building large-scale client-side applications using modern micro-frontends and micro-services, contributing to reusable frameworks and tooling, and partnering with other engineers, designers, and product managers. | — | 0 |
| Adventure Readiness Specialist - Burbank, CA This is an entry-level role at Rivian focused on supporting the Service team during peak seasonal periods. The primary responsibilities include vehicle operations (receiving, inspecting, detailing, charging, logistics), assisting technicians with basic repairs and PDI tasks, and maintaining the service center environment. The role also involves training and career development through the TRAIL program, with a focus on preparing individuals for a future as a Service Technician. It requires a flexible schedule, physical exertion, and a valid driver's license. | — | 0 |
| Group Leader, Plastics Maintenance (3rd Shift) This role is for a Maintenance Group Leader in a manufacturing facility, responsible for managing the day-to-day functions of the maintenance team, supervising preventive maintenance schedules, and overseeing repairs to minimize downtime. It involves troubleshooting mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, welding, and robotic systems. | — | 0 |
| Field Service Technician - Lake Forest, CA Field Service Technician for Rivian vehicles, responsible for diagnosis, repair, installation, and inspection of vehicles at various locations. Requires strong mechanical and electrical skills, customer interaction, and documentation. | — | 0 |
| Sr. SAP FICO Analyst, Product Costing This role is for a Sr. SAP FICO Analyst focused on Product Costing within Rivian's Global Financial Systems team. The primary responsibilities include providing technical and functional support for manufacturing accounting processes in SAP FI-CO, overseeing the design and implementation of SAP Product Costing for repetitive manufacturing, and optimizing related processes. The role requires strong experience in SAP S/4 HANA configuration, implementation, and support, particularly in product costing and its integration with other modules. | — | 0 |
| Prototype Paint Specialist, Special Projects This role is for a Prototype Paint Specialist on the Special Projects Team at Rivian, responsible for painting and surfacing prototypes and show vehicles, as well as developing new paint colors and finishes with the design studio. The role requires extensive experience in automotive painting and color development. | — | 0 |
| Adventure Readiness Specialist - Service This role is an entry-level position within Rivian's Service team, focused on preparing individuals for a career as a Service Technician. Responsibilities include vehicle operations, site maintenance, and assisting technicians with basic repairs and PDI tasks. The role involves hands-on learning, technical training through the TRAIL program, and professional development. | — | 0 |
| Staff Mechanical Engineer - Restraints Staff Mechanical Engineer focused on the design and development of automotive restraints systems from concept to production, requiring collaboration with design, cross-functional teams, and suppliers. The role involves CAD design, DFMEA, validation planning, and ensuring compliance with automotive regulations. | — | 0 |
| Adventure Readiness Specialist - Service This role is an entry-level position within the Rivian Service team, focused on supporting peak seasonal demand and providing a development path towards becoming a Service Technician. Responsibilities include vehicle processing, site operations, and assisting with basic vehicle repairs and maintenance. The role emphasizes hands-on learning and career development within the service department. | — | 0 |
| Service Production Supervisor This role is for a Service Production Supervisor at Rivian, responsible for overseeing daily operations of a service center, managing and mentoring technicians, and ensuring efficient vehicle service workflows. The focus is on operational leadership, team performance, and quality control within an automotive service environment. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Field Service Technician This role is for a Sr. Field Service Technician at Rivian, focusing on diagnosing and repairing electric vehicles. It requires strong technical acumen in automotive repair, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively. Experience in automotive, process standardization, and continuous improvement is a plus. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Analytics Engineer This role is for a Senior Analytics Engineer who will be responsible for developing and maintaining reports, dashboards, and visualizations, as well as transforming and modeling data for business reporting and analytical needs. The role requires strong SQL, dbt, and BI tool proficiency, and experience with cloud data platforms like Snowflake, Databricks, or BigQuery. The ideal candidate will have experience supporting business functions and understanding business processes, particularly in Supply Chain and Logistics. | — | 0 |
| Field Service Technician - Gaithersburg, MD This role is for a hands-on Field Service Technician at Rivian, responsible for supporting Rivian vehicle repairs. The technician will perform diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections, manage parts operations, and ensure quality work. The role requires proficiency in tools, electrical systems (low and high voltage), chassis, brakes, suspension, and thermal systems, with a focus on electric vehicle (EV) technology. | — | 0 |
| Field Service Technician - Salt Lake City, UT Field Service Technician for Rivian vehicles, responsible for diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections. Requires proficiency in automotive repair, electrical systems (low and high voltage), and thermal systems. The role involves customer interaction and documentation, with a focus on quality and safety. | — | 0 |
| Staff SAP Basis Platform Engineer This role focuses on engineering intelligent, automated, and AI-driven SAP platforms in the cloud, specifically for SAP S/4HANA. Responsibilities include leading modernization projects, automating manual tasks with IaC and CI/CD, implementing full-stack SAP observability and AIOps for predictive system health, and ensuring security. The role requires deep SAP Basis expertise, platform engineering mindset, and experience with cloud platforms and automation tools. | — | 0 |
| Field Service Technician - Belgrade, MT This role is for a hands-on Field Service Technician responsible for supporting Rivian vehicle repairs, including diagnosis, repairs, installations, and inspections. The technician will utilize technical resources, document work, and collaborate with a team, while also interacting with customers. Experience with automotive repair, especially electric vehicles, is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Senior Materials Engineer - Metals Senior Materials Engineer focused on ferrous metal systems (steels) with secondary support for light metals in automotive product development. Responsibilities include material selection, validation, problem-solving, defining requirements, driving failure analysis, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Requires deep metallurgical expertise and experience navigating full product lifecycles. | — | 0 |
| Mechanical Engineer II, Special Projects Mechanical Engineer II on the Special Projects Team responsible for component, system, and full-vehicle prototypes and marketing/show vehicle builds. This role involves taking concepts from sketch to physical product quickly, working closely with fabrication teams, and iterating on designs based on changing requirements. The engineer will work on parts across all vehicle systems, supporting production development and non-production activities like custom vehicles for shows and first responders. | — | 0 |
| Senior Engineer, Special Projects This role is for a Senior Engineer on the Special Projects Team at Rivian, focusing on creating component, system, and full-vehicle prototypes and marketing/show vehicles. The engineer will translate concepts into physical products quickly, working closely with fabrication teams and understanding both production intent and rapid fabrication limitations. The role involves designing, owning subsystems, managing schedules, and delivering amazing prototypes through fast iteration and learning. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Service Lab Technician III Sr. Service Lab Technician III responsible for overdelivering on service procedure validations, time studies, and tool and equipment validations. This role collaborates with service engineering and technical publications to create factory service manuals, performs service time studies, and works cross-functionally with engineering teams on special projects and product improvement. Requires a highly skilled technician with excellent communication skills, professionalism, and a collaborative attitude. | — | 0 |
| Staff Silicon Validation Engineer This role is for a Staff Silicon Validation Engineer on the Autonomy Hardware and Sensor Systems team, focusing on validating the next-generation hardware platform for vehicle performance and autonomous driving capabilities. Responsibilities include refining and executing the SoC validation plan, using C/C++ and FPGA technology, developing automatic testing tools, and building benchmark tools for performance evaluation. Prior experience in SoC validation, FPGA development, and system-level testing is preferred. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Field Service Technician - Night Shift This role is for a Sr. Field Service Technician at Rivian, focusing on vehicle repair and maintenance. It requires technical acumen, customer service skills, and experience with automotive systems. The role involves diagnosis, repair, installation, and inspection of vehicles, as well as parts management and documentation. It is not directly related to AI/ML development. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Lubrication Engineer This role focuses on developing lubrication strategies for electric drive units, gearboxes, and differentials. It involves using first-principles engineering in Fluid Mechanics, Thermodynamics, and Heat Transfer to design lubrication system components from concept to production. The engineer will lead suppliers and cross-functional teams, analyze test data for lubrication-related issues, and document findings. A Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field and 5+ years of experience are required, with a Master's degree preferred. Experience with CAD/PLM systems (CATIA/ENOVIA), GD&T standards, and simulation tools is also preferred, as is experience in tribology. | — | 0 |
| Staff Battery Systems Engineer Staff Battery Systems Engineer responsible for sustaining engineering of in-production HV battery systems, focusing on field performance analysis, reliability, and service issue mitigation. This role will also provide lessons learned and DFM input for future product development, acting as a technical expert and liaison between various teams to drive durable solutions and improve product design and manufacturing. | — | 0 |
| Sr. Battery Engineer Sr. Battery Engineer role focused on continuous improvement, supplier management, and root cause analysis for HV battery packs in an automotive manufacturing setting. Requires mechanical/electrical engineering background and experience with product launches and production schedules. | — | 0 |
| Staff Power Electronics Engineer Design and analyze high-voltage power electronics product design for electric vehicles, focusing on traction power inverters. Responsibilities include evaluating subcomponents, supporting characterization and test activities, designing circuit cards, testing inverters, analyzing circuits, and debugging issues. | — | 0 |