Sr. QA Automation Engineer, Infotainment

Rivian - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Palo Alto, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The Sr. QA Automation Engineer for Infotainment at Rivian plays a crucial role in testing and ensuring the quality of infotainment firmware and functions throughout the development life-cycle. This position involves both automation and manual testing, contributing to the enhancement of automation tools and infrastructure to support scalability. The engineer will validate infotainment systems, initiate improvements, identify issues, and collaborate across teams to ensure high-quality automotive technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute test plans and test cases for integration testing of software modules and components.
• Identify, analyze, and document defects encountered during integration testing both on sub-system HILs and in vehicle.
• Work closely with developers to resolve issues and ensure defects are effectively addressed.
• Collaborate with other cross-functional teams to understand product requirements and system architecture.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance overall testing processes and methodologies.
• Maintain test environments and ensure they are up-to-date.
• Design and implement automated integration tests to improve test efficiency and enable automated testing early in the development cycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or greater in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years hands-on experience integrating and testing automotive infotainment sub-systems or similar consumer electronics devices.
• Strong understanding of software testing principles, methodologies, and techniques.
• Proficiency in using version control systems (e.g., git).
• Solid knowledge of scripting languages (e.g., Python, Shell scripting) for test automation.
• Comfortable with using POSIX-based embedded systems; one or more of Linux, Android, QNX.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, take initiatives and efficiently manage time and priorities.
• Experience working with android/adb.

Nice-to-haves

• Automotive, CAN, and Ethernet experience is a plus.
• Experience with pytest, appium and other automation tools.

Benefits

• Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.