Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Director of Data
$219K–$359K
Palo Alto, California +2 · Hybrid · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 19, 2026
- Location
- Palo Alto, California
Irvine, California
Vancouver, British Columbia - Experience
- 8–10 years overall, including 3+ years managing high-volume data engineering or analytics teams.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline; advanced degree a plus.
About the job
Leads the data strategy, platform architecture, and team supporting high-volume vehicle, manufacturing, and enterprise data.
What you'll do
- Set data strategy and roadmap, and own architecture for data ingestion, storage, processing, and serving.
- Provide hands-on technical leadership while recruiting, managing, and developing data and analytics teams.
- Establish data governance, quality, security, reporting, and stakeholder partnerships across the organization.
What they ask for
- 8–10 years of overall industry experience in data engineering or analytics, including 3+ years managing high-volume data engineering or analytics teams.
- Hands-on experience with Databricks and proficiency in SQL and Python.
- Experience designing and scaling high-volume data architecture, and establishing organizational data governance, quality, and security practices.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Nice to have
- Experience in automotive, mobility, IoT, or another high-volume sensor/telemetry industry.
- Experience with AI/LLM tools in engineering workflows or dashboard/BI tools such as HEX, Tableau, or Power BI.
Pay
$218,800 – $359,425 USD (base salary)
Tools
SQL, Python, Databricks, Spark, Kafka, HEX, Tableau, Power BI
AI focus
Evaluate AI/LLM-assisted engineering tools and, as a preferred qualification, integrate or prompt AI/LLM tools in engineering workflows.
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