Sr. Test Automation Engineer - Functional Safety
at Rivianvw Tech
Irvine, California, remote, senior, full time, USD 1,35,100–1,85,800 / year, 5+ years
posted 25 Jun 2026
- Vector CANalyzer
- CAPL
- DOORS
- vTESTstudio
- ISO 26262
- Vector CANoe
- Jira
- LIN
- CAN
- Confluence
- CI/CD
- Python
About the role
This role is at the center of proving that every safety mechanism across every RVT vehicle program works as intended - by building and scaling the in-house automated test capability that generates that evidence. You'll design and maintain automated test frameworks for fault injection testing across LabCar, vehicle, and HIL setups, work directly with FuSa engineers across all domains to understand safety mechanism intent and ASIL targets, and build the automated reporting pipelines that make requirement-level test coverage and traceability visible and actionable. Working cross-functionally with integration engineering and program management, you'll align test execution against software release schedules and continuously push automation coverage and efficiency to keep pace with a fast release cadence across multiple programs.
What you would do
- Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts for verification and validation of functional safety mechanisms at the system integration level.
- Implement fault injection test strategies on LabCar, vehicle, and integrated HIL setups to provide end-to-end evidence that safety mechanisms operate as intended.
- Support automated testing for steer-by-wire and brake-by-wire systems on DynoHIL test environments.
- Collaborate with functional safety engineers across multiple domains (Dynamics, Body, Thermal, Energy, ADAS, Core) to understand safety mechanism intent, ASIL classifications, and safety metric targets.
- Build and maintain automated reporting pipelines that demonstrate requirement-level test coverage and traceability for safety mechanisms.
- Continuously improve test automation coverage and execution efficiency to support a fast software release cadence across multiple programs.
- Perform data analysis on test results, identify anomalies, and provide technical recommendations to functional safety engineering teams.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including SW FuSa, HW FuSa, systems engineering, SW development, and program management — to align test schedules against software releases and program milestones.
- Contribute to the definition of integration test strategies and toolchain selection as the in-house test automation capability scales.
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