Sr. Software Engineer, Perception Data Loop, Autonomy

$179,000 - $223,800/Yr

Rivian - Palo Alto, CA

Full-time

Palo Alto, CA

Transportation Equipment Manufacturing

About the position

The role is part of the Perception team at Rivian, focusing on developing advanced machine learning algorithms that enhance safety-critical self-driving features in electric vehicles. The position involves designing, implementing, testing, deploying, and maintaining components of a large-scale data infrastructure that supports machine learning development in perception.

Responsibilities

• Develop production-ready, scalable software to enable data-driven development for the perception team
• Collaborate closely with ML practitioners to understand their models and identify avenues to improve model performance
• Gain holistic understanding of the entire perception stack to establish and implement processes that can identify issues and prevent regression
• Develop large-scale data mining tools to improve the 'data-loop' and enable quick resolution to edge cases
• Develop software tools to benchmark and analyze model performance, data distribution and ensure test coverage for the perception stack
• Collaborate with downstream teams within the autonomy group to ensure feature requirements are met.

Requirements

• B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical, Mechanical, or Aerospace Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Strong C++ or Python programming background
• Strong experience building large-scale software infrastructure managing high-bandwidth data used in machine learning
• Experience with tools and processes for curation, mining, active-learning, evaluation, etc. in a computer vision, autonomous driving, or robotics context
• Good team player with great communication skills

Nice-to-haves

• Experience utilizing foundation models and labeling tools for fast curation and labeling iterations with expanded taxonomy.

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.