Rivian
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, End-to-End Autonomy
Palo Alto, California, USA · Staff+ · Full-time
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odds of building a lasting career here
Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$27,653 more — $255,653 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $255,653 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Software Developers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Developers (15-1252) · San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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- About Rivian Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever.
- 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.
- This role is ideal for someone excited by the challenge of scaling models that learn from vast sensory data to enable autonomous driving.
- As a member of the Autonomy team, you will guide the architecture, implementation, and deployment of the Large Driving Model (LDM).
- Key areas of responsibility include:
Compensation
- $228k-$285k
Benefits
- Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26.
- Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premium
- This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information.
Company info
- Role Summary We are seeking a Staff Machine Learning Engineer interested in the development of end-to-end models that unify perception, prediction, and planning in a single system.
- Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Rivian is an
- equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.
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