Wassym Bensaid is driving the creation of a vertically integrated software technology stack at Rivian. He oversees the design of Rivian’s Infotainment, Connectivity, Security, big data and analytics, battery and energy management systems, and vehicle controls. In Rivian vehicles and in the cloud, these are the systems that make our products smart, safe and intuitive to use. Since joining Rivian in 2019, he’s been building a multi-disciplinary and cross-functional team to meet the complex challenge and unique opportunity of building new vehicles from scratch.
Wassym is a leader in software and systems engineering with rich experience in consumer, semiconductor, internet of things and automotive industries. He started his career in wireless systems with Philips Semiconductors and Motorola and led the execution of research and development programs at Freescale and Intel. Most recently, Wassym held executive engineering leadership positions at Intel and Silver Spring Networks, which was acquired by Itron.