Senior Safety Sensing Engineer

Job Description

Rivian is seeking a Senior Safety Sensing Engineer to support crash sensing strategy development and sensor integration for Electric Adventure Vehicles.

Requirements

• B.S. or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering or similar
• Internship or project experience in automotive or related field
• Basic understanding of inertial measurement units (IMUs), accelerometers, pressure sensors and their outputs
• Familiarity of communication protocols (SPI, I2C, UART)
• Experience with Matlab, Python and/or scripting languages
• Applied knowledge and understanding of engineering first principles
• Capable of working as a member of a team across several cross functional disciplines, including with external stakeholders and global teams
• Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment

Responsibilities

• Support the development of crash sensor configuration and calibration to meet global safety standards
• Analyze and optimize sensor placement, crash mode discrimination, and crash sensing algorithms through analysis of CAE simulations
• Contribute to defining deployment logic, plausibility checks, and threshold discrimination for crash events
• Assist in the evaluation of harness routing, packaging feasibility, and vibration requirements for sensor integration
• Support the validation of crash sensing logic to reduce airbag deployments in gray zones while ensuring secondary crash protection
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to refine sensing logic for active pedestrian protection systems
• Work with suppliers to support sensor calibration development and integration
• Manage assignments independently, tracking progress, and ensuring alignment with program objectives

Benefits

• Robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.