Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Test and Integration Engineer
About this role
Join Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies to develop automated test systems for electric vehicle zonal controllers and battery management units. You'll design and deploy comprehensive test solutions spanning firmware, hardware, and software across design validation, reliability testing, and high-volume manufacturing environments.
What you'll do
- Lead development of automated test solutions for zonal and BMS ECUs from requirements through deployment at labs and contract manufacturers
- Design test equipment for high-channel-count I/O including drivers, PWM outputs, load emulation, and diagnostic verification
- Build battery management test systems for cell voltage measurement, balancing, current sensing, and monitoring links
- Develop custom test sequences in Python using automation frameworks and AI coding tools while maintaining code quality
- Integrate firmware, hardware, and software end-to-end including board bring-up, bootloader flows, diagnostics, and instrument control
- Design fault injection coverage for open circuits, shorts, over-current/voltage, and verify ECU diagnostic responses
What they're looking for
- Test automation and test equipment design
- Python development and software engineering practices
- Automotive electronics and ECU testing
- High-voltage safety and functional safety concepts
- Embedded firmware integration and diagnostics (UDS)
- Power electronics and measurement instrumentation
- Manufacturing test processes and reliability testing (HALT/HASS)
- Hardware-software integration and system-level debugging
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Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is developing next-generation software-defined electric vehicles through a joint venture, focusing on systems architecture, battery management, and safety-critical systems. The company is hiring engineers in software architecture, embedded systems, functional safety, test integration, and audio systems to build reliable and compliant EV platforms.
View all jobs at Rivian and Volkswagen Group TechnologiesLikely interview questions
- Describe your experience designing automated test systems for automotive electronics or ECUs—what was the most complex I/O topology you've tested?
- Walk us through how you'd approach fault injection testing for an ECU; which failure modes are most critical to validate?