# Ryan Szto > Senior Software Systems Engineer, Autonomy Location: Fremont, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/ryanszto I am an ADAS systems engineer at Rivian. I graduated with a mechanical engineering bachelor degree from the University of Portland in 2021. Started my career working on forklift truck safety systems at Hyster Yale as an intern in design and testing. Moving forward to working on electric commercial trucks at Daimler Truck as a product validation engineer, in mechatronics and thermal validation. I work with the following programs; MATLAB, Python, C, Microsoft Office programs, JIRA, Git, CANape, and CANalyzer. ## Work Experience ### Senior Software Systems Engineer @ Rivian Jan 2024 – Present | Palo Alto, California, United States ### Software System Engineer II @ Rivian Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 | Palo Alto, California, United States ### Mechanical Product Validation Engineer II @ Daimler Truck North America Jan 2022 – Jan 2022 | Portland, Oregon, United States Mechanical product validation engineer II in the vehicle thermodynamic integration team. Focus on electric vehicle thermal performance for the new generation of electric semi-trucks. Additionally supporting with diesel truck projects. ### Product Validation Engineer @ Daimler Truck North America Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | United States Mechatronics and thermodynamic performance testing ### Mechanical Design Lead @ Raedam Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | United States ### Mechanical Engineering Intern @ Hyster-Yale Group Jan 2019 – Jan 2021 | Portland, Oregon Area ### Internship @ Cerulean Global Services Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | san jose ## Education ### Mechanical Engineering in Mechanical Engineering University of Portland ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/ryan-szto --- Source: https://flows.cv/ryanszto JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/ryanszto/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13