Role Overview

Join Rivian as a Staff Software Engineer, Viz & Sim Applications, Autonomy in Palo Alto, California, and become the architect behind our next-generation visualization platform. Rivian, the leading EV manufacturer accelerating the future of adventure vehicles, seeks a graphics expert to push browser-based rendering to unprecedented limits. You'll own a customized Three.js fork based on Foxglove Studio, rendering petabytes of complex sensor data from LiDAR, radar, and cameras at smooth 60 FPS. This role empowers autonomy engineers to analyze behaviors with precision, driving Rivian's mission to keep the world adventurous forever through emissions-free electric vehicles.

Obsessed with frame rates and memory management? You'll stream million-point dynamic point clouds and fused feeds without compromise, using WebWorkers, WebAssembly, and custom shaders. If you thrive in unknown territories, reframing problems with diverse teams who love the outdoors, this is your chance to define industry standards in autonomy visualization.

Key Responsibilities at Rivian

As a Staff Software Engineer at Rivian, you'll lead high-impact work in 3D graphics for autonomous systems:

• Core Rendering Engine Development: Architect web-based 3D platform evolution with Three.js/WebGL, eliminating bottlenecks for 60 FPS.
• High-Performance Streaming: Implement pipelines with WebWorkers, WebAssembly for real-time LiDAR, radar, camera data without main thread blocking.
• Shader Development: Write/optimize GLSL/WGSL shaders for new renderables and effects.
• Advanced Visualization: Build BEV fused projections, volumetric rendering, temporal alignment.
• Technical Leadership: Mentor on 3D graphics, set best practices, drive web standards adoption.
• Tooling & Infrastructure: Profile rendering performance and memory with modern tools.
• Collaboration: Partner with PMs, UX, autonomy teams for immersive data tools.
• Performance Engineering: Optimize high-throughput apps with WASM/C++/Rust acceleration.
• Data Handling: Visualize robotics structures like point clouds, TF, MCAP/ROS bags.

Qualifications & Requirements

Rivian seeks proven experts with:

• Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Science, Graphics, or related.
• 8+ years industry experience in rendering/performance.
• Deep graphics pipeline knowledge, 3D math (linear algebra, matrices, quaternions), GPU architecture.
• Proven GLSL/WGSL shader writing.
• Expert TypeScript/React, browser APIs (WebGL/WebGPU, WebWorkers, OffscreenCanvas).
• Three.js/Babylon.js mastery, including internals/patching.
• Performance track record in data apps, WASM with C++/Rust.

Preferred: Robotics data (point clouds, TF), MCAP/ROS, video codecs (H.264/265), WebCodecs API.

Salary & Benefits

Salary Range: $206,500 - $258,100 USD yearly for California (based on experience/location). Rivian's compensation is competitive in Silicon Valley's tech scene.

Comprehensive Benefits:

• Medical/Rx, dental, vision insurance from day one.
• Rivian covers most premiums.
• Family coverage: spouse/partner, children to 26.
• Equal opportunity employer with ADA accommodations.
• Cutting-edge projects in EV autonomy.
• Diverse, outdoors-loving team culture.

Why Join Rivian?

Rivian isn't just building electric adventure vehicles; we're challenging what's possible. From R1T trucks to autonomy platforms, our Palo Alto team operates in uncharted areas. You'll work with curious, courageous souls protecting the planet. Enjoy robust benefits, high-impact ownership, and a salary reflecting senior expertise. Rivian complies with all fair employment laws, ensuring accessibility. Join us to visualize the future of self-driving EVs and keep adventures emissions-free.

With 8+ years in graphics, you'll mentor and innovate on browser tech limits, directly impacting Rivian's path to mass-market autonomy. Palo Alto's innovation hub offers unmatched collaboration in EV manufacturing.

How to Apply

Ready to render petabyte-scale autonomy data at 60 FPS? Apply now for Staff Software Engineer, Viz & Sim Applications at Rivian Palo Alto. Email candidateaccomm@rivian.com for accommodations. All qualified applicants considered without discrimination. Don't miss shaping Rivian's visualization platform—positions fill fast in this competitive EV autonomy space.