staff Software Engineer tech_leadership Phd's · Posted Jun 17, 2025

About this role

Rivian is hiring a staff-level Software Engineer based in London, United Kingdom. The posting calls out experience with PyTorch, Ray, Deep Learning, System Design. Listed education preference: a Ph.D. or equivalent.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
staff
Track
Tech leadership
Location
London, United Kingdom
Education
Ph.D. preferred
Department
Autonomous Driving
Posted
Jun 17, 2025
AI Summary
Staff-level ML infrastructure engineer optimizing deep learning training on NVIDIA GPUs and model inference for autonomous driving. Requires PhD in CS/CE/EE or equivalent industry experience, deep PyTorch knowledge, transformer architecture expertise, and large-scale distributed training experience.

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Job description

from Rivian careers

About Rivian Rivian is 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. Role Summary As a Staff Software Engineer, ML training and inference infrastructure, you will be a member of the Perception team at Rivian, which develops advanced machine learning algorithms that directly impact safety critical self-driving features of our category defining vehicles. We are looking for candidates with deep knowledge and strong enthusiasm towards establishing a state-of-art ML infrastructure for training and inference of large autonomous driving models; and optimizing the training and inference performance. Responsibilities Optimize the performance of Deep Learning training workload on NVIDIA GPU systems on a large scale Optimize the latency of model inference and model pre- and post-processing on onboard systems Design, train, and deploy large deep learning models that can…

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