Senior Software Engineer DisplayTouch Infotainment Platform

Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotives next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions were 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 well map a new way forward. Working together well create a future thats more connected more intelligent more sustainable for everyone.

The Infotainment Platform team at Rivian Volkswagen Technologies is looking for a skilled Software Engineer to join our Automotive Software team. We are developing the next generation Android-based in-vehicle experience that will be deployed across all future electric vehicles in the Rivian and Volkswagen Group portfolios. You will work on the architecture integration and optimization of both display and input subsystems for our next-generation infotainment this role you will own the end-to-end pipeline from the low-level hardware drivers (touch controllers display panels physical buttons) up through the OS frameworks (Linux QNX Android Automotive) to ensure a seamless highly responsive and visually flawless user experience.

Join us in driving the future of automotive infotainment!

• Display & Graphics Pipeline: Develop integrate and maintain display drivers and compositor frameworks (e.g. DRM/KMS SurfaceFlinger Wayland OpenWFD) for complex multi-display automotive topologies.

• Touch & Input Subsystems: Develop and integrate drivers and middleware for touch panels (capacitive resistive) and physical infotainment buttons (e.g. hard keys rotary dials steering wheel controls). Optimize input processing gesture recognition multi-touch coordination and noise filtering within the OS input frameworks (e.g. Android InputFlinger Linux evdev).

• Performance Optimization: Tune the complete glass-to-glass pipeline. Optimize frame rates visual quality (color accuracy white point tuning) and touch/button latency to ensure a fluid highly responsive user experience.

• Hardware Bring-Up & Integration: Partner closely with hardware vendors and SoC partners to bring up new display panels (LCD OLED) and input interfaces via standard buses (MIPI DSI I2C SPI) and SerDes links.

• System-Level Debugging: Investigate and resolve complex display and input issues (e.g. screen freezes visual artifacts touch ghosting missed button presses dropped frames) using software profilers gdb JTAG and logic analyzers.

• Feature Development: Implement advanced system features such as dynamic backlight control power sequencing resolution switching fault monitoring and multi-display synchronization.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Hardware engineers UI/UX designers and System teams to define requirements document software architectures and ensure compliance with automotive safety and EMC requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Computer Science or a related field.

• 5 years of proven experience in embedded software development or platform engineering specifically focusing on display panels touch screens and hardware input technologies.

• Strong proficiency in C/C programming.

• Deep understanding of embedded operating systems such as Linux QNX or Android Automotive OS.

• Solid grasp of display and input frameworks (e.g. Linux DRM/KMS Android SurfaceFlinger/InputManager).

• Experience with hardware peripherals and interfaces (I2C SPI UART MIPI DSI).

• Excellent problem-solving system-level debugging and teamwork skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience bringing up automotive infotainment platforms on major SoCs (e.g. Qualcomm Snapdragon NXP).

• Familiarity with graphics libraries and hardware compositors (OpenGL ES Vulkan HWC).

• Experience with automotive communication protocols (CAN Automotive Ethernet).

• Familiarity with display virtualization (VirtIO-GPU) and hypervisor environments (e.g. QNX Gunyah).

• Proficiency with performance profiling tools like Systrace Perfetto and vendor-specific GPU profilers.

We build the exceptional and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded addition to a competitive base salary full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health wellbeing and financial future for full-time employees including health coverage retirement savings time off and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

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