Senior Data Engineer- Large Driving Model, Autonomy
Rivian Palo Alto, CA Full-time 3/31/2026
Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
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•FY 2025Job Description
Rivian is seeking Senior Data Engineers to develop data pipelines and curation strategies for their Large Driving Model (LDM). The role involves building miners for high-value examples, refining evaluation benchmarks, and collaborating with modeling teams to enhance performance in autonomous systems.
Requirements
- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Data Science, Robotics, Engineering, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience as a Data Engineer, Machine Learning Engineer, or Motion Planning Engineer in autonomous driving, robotics, or computer vision.
- Advanced proficiency in Python and SQL.
- Hands-on experience with distributed data processing frameworks (e.g., Spark, Ray) and cloud infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of data-centric AI, dataset curation strategies, and model evaluation methodologies.
- Experience handling large-scale sensor data or complex robotics telemetry.
- Demonstrated ability to work autonomously.
- Strong ability to communicate technical trade-offs and collaborate effectively.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain scalable data mining pipelines to extract rare and critical driving scenarios from massive fleet datasets.
- Lead the curation and analysis of large-scale training sets to improve the robustness and generalization of the LDM.
- Design and implement rigorous evaluation frameworks to measure model performance against real-world baselines.
- Provide technical guidance and code reviews for junior and mid-level engineers.
- Partner closely with modeling engineers to define data requirements and iterate on rapid experimental loops.
- Identify trends, anomalies, and data distribution shifts that impact model training and validation.
- Contribute to the design of data infrastructure, making informed decisions on tradeoffs.
- Transition experimental data strategies into production-ready pipelines.
Benefits
- Employees at Rivian are often offered comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) with company match, ESPP and potential RSU grants, performance bonuses, and generous time off including paid parental and sick leave. Perks can include 24/7 mental-health coaching and therapy, Hinge Health for Anthem enrollees, tuition assistance and professional development, plus on-site food and a wide range of employee discounts on items like computers, mobile phones, home loans, and pet care.
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