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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Intermediate
Salary
Salary not provided
About the company:
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.
Responsibilites:
- Design revolutionary battery system concepts including subsystems, components, and their
interaction (mechanical structure, thermal management, etc.) - Set requirements for cell to module or cell to pack architecture to optimize solid state battery cell
operation - Analyze the pack architecture to accommodate the unique stack pressure, swelling behavior and
thermal behavior of SSB cells - Hands on with all steps of the pack development process from concept design, selection of
components and prototype builds to design for manufacturing - Perform analytical and physical assessment of the battery system to ensure the designs’
adaptability and reliability match the requirements - Manage and create CAD as needed for different battery components to meet the component and
system level targets - Support component specification, validation for SSB pack, battery component and system
DFMEAs - Supplier liaison and technical management, battery vehicle integration oversight and battery
qualification support - Develop and release module system specification, mechanical drawings for the designs
- Conduct and participate in design reviews, incorporating team feedback and releasing designs
document
Qualifications:
- Masters/PhD in mechanical engineering, materials science, or similar technical field
- 7+ years of academic and industrial experience in battery R&D and manufacturing,
>4 years of non-academic experience (preferably in a cell or EV pack design role at
an automotive OEM) - Understanding of relationships between cell design and possible failure modes
- Experience with release engineering tools including CAD design tools such as CATIA,
SOLIDWORKS or similar - Direct experience in Li-ion/solid-state battery system design for EV applications
- Failure analysis know-how ranging from prototypes to mass manufactured products
- Ability to plan and execute experiments that lead to high quality feedback and design iteration
- Excellent problem solving and experimental design approach, driven by curiosity and attention to
detail - Capable of working with cross functional teams across several functional disciplines including
product design, quality, production, supply chain, controls, vehicle integration to execute on the
final cell design and optimize the targeted cell criteria - Excellent skills are required in technical communication and reliance on data for issue resolution
and decision making - Experience with DOEs for performance evaluation and hardware test & validation for HV battery
packs
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 [email protected].
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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.
Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.
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