Sr. Battery Design Engineer, Adhesives

Number of employees

10000

United States, California, Irvine, United States

Posted on: 2022-08-30

Category: emobility

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Senior

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

  • Responsible to release adhesives, seals, and potting agents in HV battery packs by managing the 3D CAD, joining files, EBOM, risk analysis, coupon- and assembly-level verification tests, prototype builds, and manufacturing activities required of them
  • Manage the 3D CAD for all bulk materials (adhesives, seals, potting agents) with CATIA V6 2020x
  • Release all joining files for adhesive, seal, and potting joining elements in the battery with ENOVIA 3DEXPERIENCE
  • Manage Engineering Bill of Materials (EBOM) for battery team bulk materials including attributes and effective in and out for various part changes
  • Maintain risk analysis through standard single-point Design Failure Modes Effects Analysis (DFMEA) typical of automotive industry using standard tools to construct and manage the interface diagram, P-diagram, and failure modes for all bulk materials in Rivian battery packs and cell modules
  • Work with ESS CAE team to define and submit simulation requests as needed for design validation and correlation with test for all joints that use adhesives, seals, or potting.
  • Work closely with manufacturing and prototype build teams to manage ad hoc bulk material dispense and cure processes during pilot builds
  • Support advanced manufacturing team to help automate the dispense, part marriage, and cure of bulk materials in high volume production
  • Conduct design reviews for the adhesives, seals, and potting agents used in the battery design with the rest of the design engineering team
  • Work with Rivian Validation team and Component design engineers to develop DVP from DFMEA, focusing on joint failure mode-driven tests and inspections at both the coupon-level and assembly-level
  • Work with supply chain team to competitively bid adhesives for sourcing into high volume production and manage ongoing test efforts
  • Facilitate technology development exercises with suppliers to formulate next-generation adhesives with cost or mass reduction and/or performance increase targets in mind.
  • Work with Rivian manufacturing team on ESS system and component Design For Assembly (DFA) to improve manufacturability of joints.
  • Work with Rivian Validation Team and design & release engineering to support pre and post-test analyses in the form of reference performance tests (RPT) and teardowns
  • Support ongoing issues related to bulk materials such as failure root cause analyses and warranty claim analyses

Qualifications

  • 5+ years industry experience with Bachelor’s degree or 3+ years with Master’s degree.
  • Experience working with processes for releasing joining files for use in high volume automotive environments
  • Design experience for adhesives, seals or potting agents that cure with mixing two parts, heat, humidity, pressure, or ultraviolet radiation
  • Understanding of automation solutions for dispensing and curing adhesives, sealants, and potting materials in highly automated high-volume applications
  • Experience with large-format HV battery pack requirements, relevant industry specifications, and typical manufacturing methods
  • Experience with release engineering including CAD design, GD&T, and PLM interface.
  • Strong oral and written communication for supplier engagement, program timing, and project management. Experience with automotive DFMEA inputs to DVP&R cycle, requirements management, and issue tracking with Plato, Jama, and Jira, respectively
  • CATIA V6 (3Dx) and Enovia proficiency
  • MS Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project) proficiency

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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