Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Staff Software Development Engineer in Test, Infotainment
$186K–$256K
Palo Alto, California · Hybrid · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years hands-on experience integrating and testing automotive infotainment sub-systems or similar consumer electronics devices.
- Education
- Bachelor's Degree or greater in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Leads end-to-end quality testing for infotainment firmware and media functions, including test planning, defect resolution, and automation development across subsystem HILs and vehicles.
What you'll do
- Lead test projects, set scope and milestones, and coordinate execution across teams.
- Develop and run infotainment media test plans; identify defects and drive root-cause analysis through resolution.
- Design automated integration tests and mentor the QA team on testing practices.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's Degree or greater in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- 8+ years hands-on experience integrating and testing automotive infotainment sub-systems or similar consumer electronics devices.
- Experience leading test projects or initiatives and managing multiple parallel efforts.
- Strong testing principles, version-control, scripting, embedded-system, and android/adb skills.
Nice to have
- Automotive, CAN, and Ethernet experience.
- Experience with pytest, Appium, and other automation tools.
Pay
$186,000 – $255,750 USD base salary; annual bonus target of 15% (currency and whether base salary or total pay not specified for bonus)
Tools
git, Python, Shell, Linux, Android, QNX, android/adb, pytest
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