Staff Software Engineer, Infotainment HMI Systems

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies

. Architect, design, develop, and maintain embedded software across hardware interfaces, operating-system services, middleware, communication paths, and applications using C/C++ and contributing to Rust adoption .

Posted 10/8/2026full-timeBerlin • GermanyLeadWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and developing embedded software, with strong proficiency in C/C++ and practical experience in Rust. Capable of leading technical discussions, optimizing constrained systems, and collaborating across hardware and software teams to ensure system performance and reliability.

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Embedded Software DevelopmentC/C++ ProgrammingRust ProgrammingSystem-Level DebuggingAutomotive Embedded Systems

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Hard Skills

Embedded Operating SystemsReal-Time SystemsHardware/Software InterfacesCommunication ProtocolsDiagnostics and LoggingVersioning PracticesEnd-to-End ValidationBoard Bring-UpDevice DriversConcurrency Management

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication SkillsMentoring Engineers

Tools & Technologies

Laboratory EquipmentSimulatorsEmulatorsCI/CDDiagnostic LoggingCommand-Line Tooling

Industry Keywords

AutomotiveAerospaceConsumer ElectronicsRoboticsIndustrial ControlDefenseHMIPhysical ControlsVehicle SignalsHigh-Performance System-on-Chip

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

LinuxRustC++

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect, design, develop, and maintain embedded software across hardware interfaces, operating-system services, middleware, communication paths, and applications using C/C++ and contributing to Rust adoption
Lead technical design discussions and translate ambiguous requirements into interfaces, ownership boundaries, acceptance criteria, dependencies, delivery plans, reusable abstractions, and configuration contracts
Evaluate and optimize constrained systems for CPU, memory, storage, power, latency, startup, concurrency, and fault handling
Guide integration of hardware-linked behavior including physical controls, display interaction, vehicle signals, persistent state, device configuration, and time-sensitive system behavior
Lead complex software and hardware investigations and drive end-to-end validation using logs, traces, diagnostics, target hardware, laboratory equipment, simulators, emulators, software-in-the-loop, hardware-in-the-loop, and prototype vehicles
Partner with hardware, firmware, platform, application, validation, product, and external teams to resolve dependencies and make timely technical decisions
Establish practices for schemas, generated bindings, diagnostics, observability, versioning, compatibility, and maintainability
Mentor engineers and communicate architecture, risks, trade-offs, and decisions clearly
Work across current and next-generation vehicle platforms from early architecture through development, integration, validation, and production readiness

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
Seven or more years developing or integrating embedded, platform, or hardware-linked software
Strong hands-on experience developing, debugging, reviewing, and maintaining C and/or C++ software
Practical Rust experience or ability and interest to learn Rust
Experience with embedded operating systems, embedded Linux, real-time systems, board-support packages, device drivers, hypervisor-based systems, or comparable constrained computing environments
Strong understanding of hardware/software interfaces, communication protocols, concurrency, timing, startup and reset behavior, resource constraints, fault handling, and system performance
Experience leading architecture, integration, and system-level debugging across multiple software and hardware components
Experience defining interface contracts, schemas, generated bindings, diagnostics, logging, versioning, compatibility practices, and end-to-end validation
Experience with automotive, aerospace, mobile-device, consumer-electronics, robotics, industrial-control, defense, or similarly constrained embedded products
Experience with HMI, physical controls, display systems, vehicle signals, gateways, input routing, or other real-time hardware-linked behavior
Experience with ARM-based systems, high-performance system-on-chip platforms, board bring-up, and hardware debugging tools
Experience with interfaces such as CAN, Ethernet, USB, PCIe, SPI, or I2C
Familiarity with reusable platform, middleware, SDK, or device-integration components, CI/CD, telemetry, diagnostic logging, command-line tooling, and laboratory-debugging workflows
Excellent communication skills across distributed teams and external partners

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual company performance bonus program eligibility for full-time positions (discretionary and not guaranteed)
Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval, plan terms, and vesting requirements
Comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees
Health coverage
Retirement savings
Time off
Family planning programs
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