Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract. 

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. 

As a General Assembly Equipment and Automation engineer you will play a key role by enabling the product design team and process team by introducing innovative equipment and automation designs, leading manufacturing equipment deployment projects from conceptual equipment definition to commissioning and ramp up.

• Work specifically to develop Rivian’s standards, internal processes, and deployment of equipment for evacuation and fluid fill equipment. 
• Develop high level targets and forecasts for equipment projects, including JPH, availability, MTTF, MTBF, ergonomics, timing, cost, and safety. 
• Develop assembly strategy and business cases for automated assembly processes in accordance with product dimensional analysis and manufacturing equipment benchmarking.
• Work hand in hand with Rivian’s product design teams to ensure that design for assembly and design for automation targets are established and met within new product designs.
• Lead project management activities required to design, procure, and install equipment, including development of Request for Quotation (RFQ) and Scope of Work (SOW) documents, work bidding, financial approval, vendor management, management of budget, schedule, and risk, stakeholder management, and management of vendor contractual obligations. 
• Act as owners representative in engineering activities involved with creating custom equipment for new Rivan manufacturing lines, including conceptual layout development, automation strategy development, design coordination, material specification and selection, and ensuring vendor designs are in accordance with relevant standards and best practices.
• Coordinate with cross functional teams to understand requirements and constraints for equipment, including permitting and compliance, material flow, operational requirements, maintenance schedules, and controls strategy. Navigate challenging requirement sets to achieve optimized result.
• Travel to vendor sites, both domestic and international, for equipment design, qualification, acceptance testing and support during FAT/SAT events.
• Ensure successful equipment deployment and ramp through creation of detailed manufacturing instructions, spare parts lists, operating procedures, maintenance procedures and other key documents.
• Develop equipment qualification including correlation, process capability (CP/CPK) and Gage Repeatability / Reproducibility (GR&R).

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar technical field.
• 5+ years’ experience deploying equipment in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in the design and function of mechanical and fluidic systems of the vehicle, including brakes systems, coolant systems, A/C systems, and suspension systems.
• Experience in the design and function of fluid system test and dispense equipment, including electro-mechanical equipment design, pump selection, valve selection, and relevant safety and design standards for fluid dispensing.
• Experience in designing vacuum and pressure testing to ensure manufacturing quality in the manufacture of vehicle fluidic systems.
• Experience designing, deploying, de-bugging, and validating fluid systems test and dispense equipment.
• Experience in managing medium and large equipment projects, both in brown field and green field environments.
• Knowledge/experience in layout development, concept equipment design development, and new product development.
• Experience in equipment design best practices.
• Experience in designing and specifying conveyors, assembly automation, and process equipment, as well as in equipment building blocks such as pneumatic equipment, motors and and gearing, electrical components, etc.
• Knowledge of GD&T principles, as well as other manufacturing and industrial engineering metrics such as MTTF, MTBF and GR&R.
• Experience writing technical documentation and contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems and see the solution implemented to a high level of accuracy & quality.
• Ability to work independently to execute a project plan based on general direction.
• Capable of working as a member of a team across several cross functional disciplines, including with external stakeholders.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working in both 2D & 3D CAD (AutoCAD & Catia are also a plus)
• Open to travel within US and abroad intermittently up to 50%
• Willing to think outside the box and willing to challenge the status quo.

Salary Range/Hourly Rate for Illinois & Georgia based applicants: $125,000-$157,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Salary Range/Hourly Rate for California based applicants : $137,800 - 172,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).

Benefits Summary : 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

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at  candidateaccommodations@rivian.com .

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Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law.

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Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions. 

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