Drivemode

Staff IVI Simulation & Tooling Engineer

Drivemode · Mountain View, CA
Mountain View, CA was $248K–$292K Closed
Applications are closed for this role. It was originally posted 2026-06-19. It’s no longer accepting applicants — see roles Drivemode is still hiring for →, or browse the live openings below.
Salary
$248K–$292K
Type
Full-time
Experience
10+ yr

● Help set up development environments and best practices.

● Work with Leadership/Manager and Product Owners to agree upon initial activities and

prioritized backlog.

● Collaborate to determine prioritized implementation plans for backlog items.

● Kick off the implementation of backlog items and see through to release.

● Help develop faster go-to-market approaches, including accelerated testing in virtual

environments.

● Take the initiative to explore how Agentic AI can be incorporated into our virtual rigs.

● Work with Honda vendors that are dependencies.

● Take a technical lead in the next IVI iterations and next-generation platforms.

● Occasional travel to Japan.
● Minimum 10 years of experience in HMI vehicle software development.

● Android Automotive Platform experience.

● Android Automotive

● Application layer experience.

● Experience architecting, building, and deploying IVI environments.

● Take a lead in evolving observability, logging and telematics best practices.

● Fluent in at least: Kotlin, C++

● A flexible attitude and entrepreneurial mindset. Be willing to engage outside of your

usual responsibility area, learn new technologies and tackle challenges beyond IVI.
● Digital Twin and Software-Defined Vehicle Appreciation.

● Cuttlefish.

● Agentic AI experience.

● CarPlay / Android Auto

● Hardware Abstraction Layers

● Mobile application development experience.

● Rust, Golang.

● Experience working with Japanese vendors and OEMs.

● Rudimentary Japanese (not required).
This is the position's total compensation package including the company's bonus structure. This position also comes with full benefits. Actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to demonstrated skill set, years and depth of relevant experience, and some role-dependent factors. We welcome direct conversations with each candidate about compensation in all of our initial calls.

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