Rivian

Vehicle Control Test & Validation Engineer

Irvine, CA, US

about 1 month ago
Save Job

Summary

  • Work alongside feature champion(s) to develop integration and test plans for vehicle control features, focusing on propulsion/dynamics/suspension safety and infotainment.
  • Work with test engineers to ensure full test coverage is defined and implemented.
  • Work with the calibration engineers to identify necessary testing and validation activities.
  • Determine and assemble test specific setup requirements to perform verification/validation on the vehicle platform.
  • Work closely with the software and hardware engineering project teams to understand requirements.
  • Work with functional safety engineers to develop test plans and validation criteria as per ISO 26262.
  • Execute in-vehicle-level testing across the program lifecycle (i.e., in development of vehicle control features; as regression within software release cycles; and fault injection testing).
  • Identify, develop, and implement methods to automate and streamline testing.
  • Work with sub-system and component-level test teams to ensure appropriate test coverage exists (e.g., at HIL and SIL levels).
  • Participate and represent the team in the safety architecture and design reviews for vehicle features, FMEAs and impact analysis hosted by various stakeholders.
  • Document and track issues as appropriate and participate in triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution.

 

  • Minimum BS degree in Electrical, Electronics, or Mechanical Engineering. MS degree is preferred.
  • Minimum of 2 years of industry experience developing SIL, HIL, or vehicle level test cases for vehicle control software features and regression tests.
  • Experience in vehicle testing related to diagnostics and/or functional safety.
  • Experience in Python programming. C/C+ is desired.
  • Experience with requirements management tools (e.g. JAMA, Doors, etc.), issue tracking tools (Jira, Bugzilla, etc.), SW version control tools (e.g. Git, Bitbucket, SVN, etc.) preferred.
  • Technical understanding of electric vehicle architecture.
  • Effective at troubleshooting and root causing issues in complex systems.
  • Familiarity with vehicle communication protocols (CAN, ETH, LIN, etc.).
  • Collaborate with multiple cross-functional disciplines.

How strong is your resume?

Upload your resume and get feedback from our expert to help land this job