Job Description

About Us:
Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies is a joint venture between two industry leaders with a clear vision for automotives next chapter. From operating systems to zonal controllers to cloud and connectivity solutions, were addressing the challenges of electric vehicles through technology that will set the standards for software-defined vehicles around the world.
The road to the future is uncharted. By combining our expertise across connectivity, AI, security and more, well map a new way forward. Working together, well create a future thats more connected, more intelligent, more sustainable for everyone. Role Summary:
Internship Term:
Rivian internships are experiences optimized for student candidates. To be eligible, you must be an undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited program during the internship term with an expected graduation date between December 2025 through May 2027.
If you are not pursuing a degree, please see our full time positions on our Rivian careers site.
Note that if your university has specific requirements for internship programs, it is your responsibility to fulfill those requirements.
We are seeking a highly skilled Software Engineer proficient in modern build systems and CI/CD to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Bazel, Yocto, Gitlab and the ability to write efficient, high-quality code in Linux environments. You will work on increasing the efficiency of the entire organization by building and automating multiple tools and systems used every day by hundreds of engineers.
We are seeking a software intern skilled in modern build systems and CI/CD to join our team. The ideal candidate will have an understanding of Bazel, Yocto, Gitlab and the ability to write code in Linux environments. You will work on increasing the efficiency of the entire organization by building and automating multiple tools and systems used every day by hundreds of engineers. Responsibilities:

• Design, build and manage a comprehensive build system using Bazel and Yocto to facilitate the development of linux images, services and libraries
• Develop GitLab CI/CD pipelines to ensure build stability and quality
• Develop Gitlab CI/CD pipelines to enable release management of linux images, services and libraries to multiple customers
• Inclusion of various static analysis tools such as clang-tidy, clang-format and valgrind into the build system to ensure code quality
• Enable validation of all services and libraries by ensuring integration of unit test frameworks such as Gtest and Gmock into the build system

Qualifications:

• Must be currently pursuing a bachelors, masters, or PhD degree at an accredited university
• Actively pursuing a degree or one closely related in Computer Science of Software Engineering
• Experience with the Bazel, Yocto, Bitbake and Makefile
• Strong Git skills (repo tools, submodules, git-lfs)
• Proficient with Linux/Bash/Python
• Passion for build systems and CI/CD

Bonus Skills

• Gitlab/GitHub/Jenkins CI experience
• Arm64 (OSX/embedded) cross compilation experience
• Universal Package Management (Conda)
• Rust Dependency Management (Cargo/Crates)
• Python Dependency Management (Pip)
• Virtualization Environment Experience (Docker/Podman)

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Equal Opportunity
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