Prototype Surfacing Fabricator

Number of employees

10000

United States, Michigan, Plymouth, United States

Posted on: 2022-09-08

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Doing something different is never easy. It requires courage, optimism and grit. Core to our mission is building a team of adventurous individuals determined to make a positive impact on the world. This means challenging ourselves constantly. Stretching beyond the bounds of conventional thinking. Reframing old problems. Seeking new solutions. And operating comfortably in a space of uncertainty. While our backgrounds are diverse, our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations. Do you like doing the impossible? We’d love to hear from you.

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. 

Responsibilities:

This person will work closely with the Prototype Shop Manager and the prototype shop team to deliver Prototype projects on-time with the highest level of quality. ​

  • ​Work with designer and engineers to determine surfacing and fabrication details for prototype projects
  • Ability to fabricate and surface parts and body with a variety of different materials (body filler, primer, composite, plastics, etc)
  • Ability to apply primer and paint on a variety of surfaces
  • Ability properly adjust gaps and highlight body surfaces according to design specifications
  • Ability to properly fit / align parts and panels according to design specifications
  • Ability to fabricate brackets for interior and exterior panels
  • Ability to color sand and polish paint to a “Show Quality” finish
  • Critical thinking skills to devise solutions to new problems​
  • Work with Shop Manager to determine build schedule​
  • Build and Maintain work instructions for prototype vehicle assembly and retrofit projects​
  • Build and assemble Prototype vehicles
  • Clean and organized worker to maintain overall shop cleanliness and organization
  • Maintain parts and materials inventory
  • Ability to work in a team environment and willing to help others

This is what you’ll need:

  • 7+ years of show car building, surfacing, and fabrication work experience in the automotive industry.
  • Valid driver license with clean record
  • Strong automotive mechanical understanding
  • Strong technical and mechanical ability.
  • Strong surfacing and hard modeling skills
  • Strong communication, multitasking, & inter-personal skills.
  • Computer skills a plus (MS Office, Outlook, etc.)
  • Must be willing to travel
  • Must be willing to work overtime, weekends, and long hours

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].

Candidate Data Privacy

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. 

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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