Sr. Staff Hardware Systems Architect - Connectivity/Wireless

The posting, as Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies wrote it

ABOUT US

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotive’s next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, we’re addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.

The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, we’ll map a new way forward. Working together, we’ll create a future that’s more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone.

ROLE SUMMARY

As an hardware architect, you will lead efforts within the Hardware Systems Architecture team to develop a full understanding of wireless/connectivity related product features and attributes, collaborate cross-functionally to decompose them into technical requirements, and ultimately define their respective vehicle sub-system and constituent module architectures. In later stages of development, you will leverage these insights to support the definition of system performance criteria and methodologies for the validation team to test these systems against their requirements.

This role spans the full range of wireless technologies including WiFi, BT/BLE, 4G/5G, GNSS, V2X, and UWB as they relate to vehicle sub-system for telematics, infotainment, vehicle access, and related domains, ultimately driving their respective RF, network, compute and power architectures.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work cross-functionally with hardware architecture, systems engineers, hardware design and software application teams to factor functional, performance, industry and regulatory requirements into their respective sub-systems, identify the key metrics and trade-offs, and optimize them using data and analysis, to distill clear system-level and module-level architecture requirements.
• Model system-level trade-offs concerning distributed compute, network and other resources, considering dimensions like power efficiency, end-to-end latencies, compute/memory utilization, and scalability, to help produce optimal systems architectures.
• Establish key vendor and industry relationships to map the space of available and future connectivity standards and technologies, and use this to build out a scalable connectivity/wireless roadmap for RVT
• Guide the development of mock-ups or prototypes to study next-gen technologies, establish proofs-of-concept, test modelled assumptions, and/or serve as reference platforms.
• Support the effort of the system validation team to build comprehensive test plans that surface key system-level performance metrics, locate bottlenecks or chokepoints, and identify over-/under-design scenarios relative to the defining system requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field, and a track record of 8+ years of hands-on experience in

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