Software Engineer, Edge AI

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

. Design and build native services in C++/Rust running on vehicle compute across Linux, Android, and QNX targets .

Posted 9/18/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $116,300 - $159,950 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building native services using C++ or Rust on Linux, Android, and QNX platforms, with a strong focus on debugging, performance optimization, and telemetry systems. Proficient in deploying ML models on vehicle NPUs and improving data transfer processes for automotive applications.

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C++ ProgrammingRust ProgrammingLinux Systems FundamentalsMachine Learning Model DeploymentDebugging with GDB

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Hard Skills

C++ ProgrammingRust ProgrammingLinux Systems FundamentalsDebugging with GDBTelemetry SystemsPerformance OptimizationSignal CollectionData Transfer OptimizationMethodical DebuggingComplex Software Systems

Soft Skills

Clear Written Communication

Tools & Technologies

GDBPerfStraceONNX RuntimeTensorRTTFLiteGRPCAOSPHALsJNI

Industry Keywords

AutomotiveEmbedded SystemsReal-Time SystemsNetworkingData TransferFleet ReportingADASSpeech RecognitionDiagnosticsOpen-Source Contributions

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AndroidGRPCLinuxRustC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and build native services in C++/Rust running on vehicle compute across Linux, Android, and QNX targets
Work on the telemetry platform, including signal collection, vehicle-derived metrics, diagnostics, and fleet reporting configuration tools
Improve vehicle data upload paths for ADAS and camera data, including throughput, reliability, event-triggered and on-demand retrieval, and fleet-scale data transfer costs
Deploy and optimize ML models on the vehicle’s NPU, including speech recognition, synthesis, and wake-word detection
Instrument software for field debugging and use collected data to identify and fix problems on real vehicles
Benchmark, soak test, and defend performance budgets to catch regressions before release
Write design documents, review code, and debug on bench hardware and in vehicles
Build software shipped on Rivian R1 and R2, last-mile delivery vehicles, and Volkswagen Group platforms

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-4 years of software engineering experience, or a BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field with equivalent demonstrated building experience
Demonstrated evidence of building complex software systems
Strong Linux and systems fundamentals: processes, threading and concurrency, memory, inter-process communication, and filesystems
Ability to debug running systems with gdb, perf, and strace
Proficiency in either C++ or Rust
Ability to perform methodical debugging on large interconnected systems
Clear written communication in design docs, tickets, and code reviews
Preferred: experience with inference runtimes such as ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, TFLite, llama.cpp, ExecuTorch, or a silicon vendor SDK, including quantization and deployment to constrained hardware
Preferred: experience with audio or speech models
Preferred: Android development experience, particularly AOSP, audio stack, HALs, Binder, or JNI
Preferred: embedded, automotive, robotics, or other resource-constrained real-time systems experience
Preferred: networking and large-scale data transfer, throughput tuning, gRPC or similar IPC frameworks, and observability tooling
Preferred: contributions to open-source systems or ML infrastructure projects

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual company performance bonus program; annual target bonus of 5%
Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and vesting requirements
Health coverage
Retirement savings
Time off
Family planning programs
Comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees