Sr. Systems Integration Engineer, Release Management, Autonomy

About Rivian

Rivianis on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions‑free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

The Autonomy Systems Integration team is seeking a Senior Staff Systems Integration Engineer to own the technical strategy, coordination, and execution of software releases for Rivian’s Autonomy Driver+ platform. This role serves as the technical release authority across Perception, Motion Planning, Controls, Localization, Embedded Software, Vehicle Software, Functional Safety, Homologation, Systems Test, and Validation. You will combine systems integration expertise, source-code and change-list analysis, CI/CD and branch‑management knowledge, vehicle-log investigation, and HW/SW integration rigor to ensure releases are safe, stable, testable, and ready for deployment across simulation, test vehicles, engineering fleets, and customer fleets.

In addition to owning the release process, this role will lead the Autonomy Release Management function. The position includes technical team leadership and may include direct people‑management responsibilities, including mentoring, hiring, performance feedback, career development, and resource planning.

• Release Strategy & Planning
  • Define, document, and scale the full lifecycle software release strategy for autonomous vehicle software across development, integration, validation, and fleet deployment stages.
  • Establish technical release gates, readiness criteria, and evidence requirements for simulation, test-track, engineering-fleet, and customer-fleet deployments.
• Release Management & Execution
  • Maintain clear visibility into release scope, branch health, test evidence, known issues, risks, dependencies, and deployment status.
  • Lead technical triage and root‑cause analysis for critical build failures, regression bugs, integration issues, and release blockers.
  • Track complex HW/SW dependencies and critical‑path items, driving proactive mitigations and escalation when needed to protect release commitments.
  • Lead Release Readiness reviews and drive data‑driven Go/No‑Go decisions with engineering managers, functional leads, and executive leadership.
  • Establish post‑release monitoring and feedback mechanisms to identify regressions, customer‑impacting issues, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Cross‑functional Systems Integration & Test
  • Coordinate across autonomy development teams (Perception, Planning, Controls, Embedded SW) to enforce a rigorous "Definition of Done" and “Integration Complete” acceptance criteria for all release candidates.
  • Build strong working relationships with partner leaders across Autonomy, Vehicle Software, Systems Test, Validation, Functional Safety, Homologation, and Vehicle Operations.
  • Deep‑dive into vehicle log data, diagnostic traces, test results, and source code to root‑cause system‑level issues in collaboration with domain experts.
  • Partner with Systems Test, Hardware‑in‑the‑Loop, Software‑in‑the‑Loop, and Validation teams to define, maintain, and execute automated regression strategies that protect branch health.
• Processes, Tools, & Communication
  • Define release health metrics and scorecards, including branch stability, regression pass rate, defect escape rate, time to triage, release predictability, and feature performance.
  • Design and implement release tracking standards and automated…