Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Sr. Staff Hardware Systems Architect - Infotainment/Skunkworks
$213K–$293K
Palo Alto, California · Hybrid · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Apr 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in relevant industries, including automotive, aerospace, or relevant consumer applications.
- Education
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Leads low-voltage vehicle hardware systems architecture, translating product features into subsystem and module requirements and defining performance validation for infotainment and related systems.
What you'll do
- Collaborate across hardware and software teams to develop system and module requirements and optimize trade-offs using data and analysis.
- Model system-level trade-offs across compute, networks, power, latency, utilization, and scalability; build vendor relationships and an infotainment roadmap.
- Guide prototypes and proofs of concept, and collaborate on validation plans to measure system performance and identify bottlenecks or over-/under-design.
What they ask for
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 10+ years of hands-on experience in relevant industries, including automotive, aerospace, or relevant consumer applications.
- Experience designing and developing embedded systems to optimize network and compute resources, power efficiency, and system performance.
- Hands-on experience with embedded hardware typical in automotive applications, such as high-compute SoCs, MCUs, sensors, networking components, and connectivity or peripheral interfaces.
Pay
$213,000 – $292,950 USD base salary; annual bonus target of 20% (amount not specified)
Tools
GPU, ISP, PCIe, GMSL, FPD-Link, Ethernet, CAN-FD, GNSS
AI focus
The role covers familiarity with machine learning and generative AI co-processing in automotive high-compute systems.
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