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Staff Systems Engineer – Power Modes
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies. Collaborate with external customer brands to harmonize desired vehicle behaviors with technical architecture constraints .
Posted 10/6/2026full-timePalo Alto • California • United StatesLead💰 $171,100 - $235,300 per yearWebsite
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesRuby on Rails
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Collaborate with external customer brands to harmonize desired vehicle behaviors with technical architecture constraints
- Ensure core vehicle power moding software supports diverse vehicle portfolios without bespoke changes for each brand
- Own the end-to-end technical definition of the vehicle power moding system
- Partner with the TPM to scope and prioritize the technical roadmap against vehicle program milestones
- Lead arbitration logic design for competing subsystem power requests and safe, predictable power states
- Define software interfaces and APIs for the power moding service over an Ethernet backbone with zonal controllers
- Implement power-related Limp-Home strategies with functional safety and energy management teams
- Orchestrate tiered load-shedding and degraded-state transitions during system failures
- Decompose high-level vehicle requirements into testable software, hardware, and integration specifications
- Define deterministic timing and sequences between power moding software and LV/HV subsystems
- Manage vehicle-level sleep budgets and align them with vehicle range and standing-time targets
- Support SIL and HIL test-case definition for high-risk transient power transitions
- Lead DFMEA and FTA functional analysis for hardware failures and degraded system states
- Guide engineers in requirements decomposition, traceability, and complex power-system integration
Requirements
What you’ll need- B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field
- Minimum of 8+ years of experience in systems engineering for complex electromechanical platforms
- Ability to design timing-critical sequences managing high-transient loads and ensuring system stability
- Deep understanding of high-voltage to low-voltage conversion and stable power rails with limited energy buffering
- Expertise with requirements management tools such as Flow, Jama, Polarion, or DOORS
- Experience decomposing high-level system intents into testable software/hardware specifications
- Ability to set technical direction, lead cross-functional negotiations, and harmonize competing requirements
- Strong experience with DFMEA and Fault Tree Analysis (FTA)
- Ability to manage technical scope across multiple vehicle platforms simultaneously
- Familiarity with ISO 26262, DO-178C, or IEC 61508
- Experience designing fail-safe power state transitions
- Ability to translate qualitative user feel into quantitative system requirements and technical specifications
Benefits
Comp & perks- Annual company performance bonus program; this role has an annual bonus target of 15%
- Equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and applicable vesting requirements
- Health coverage
- Retirement savings
- Time off
- Family planning programs
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Travel up to 10% as required