Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Sr. Systems Engineer - Climate Control
$135K–$186K
Irvine, California · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted May 27, 2026
- Education
- BS / MS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
About the job
Develops system requirements and drives software development for automotive climate-control systems, including HVAC, powertrain, and battery thermal management.
What you'll do
- Translate climate-control feature requests into controller software, sensor, and actuator requirements, and drive implementation, testing, and release.
- Model HVAC thermodynamics and human comfort, and develop control-oriented simulation models to refine strategies.
- Maintain system diagrams and documents, including function allocations, state machines, sequence diagrams, and failure analyses.
What they ask for
- BS / MS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
- Experience in software architecture and requirement management tools (JAMA, DOORS, etc.).
- Foundation in heat transfer and thermodynamics; proficiency in control systems applied to the thermal/HVAC domain.
- Knowledge and experience in automotive or building climate-control systems and air-flow controls development.
Nice to have
- Strong analytical skills handling large datasets in MATLAB/Python; familiarity with C/C++ is a plus.
- Understanding of human thermal comfort and its application to controlling HVAC systems.
Pay
$135.1K – $185.8K USD (base salary)
Tools
JAMA, DOORS, MATLAB, Python, C/C++
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