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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Senior
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.
ROLE SUMMARY:
- Join a rapidly growing team of mechanical, electrical and controls engineers to develop a new high-performance: cost ratio propulsion system. Lead a core part of the system - an energy-dense, portable Lithium Ion battery pack product line.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead hardware design, validation and manufacturing scale-up of new, medium size and voltage, Lithium Ion battery pack consumer products
- Leverage battery first principles and systems engineering skills to navigate the tradeoffs between chemistry, thermal, electrical, controls, safety, regulatory, aesthetic, convenience, etc factors into the design process and achieve innovative and best-in-class pack product designs.
- Collaborate with other Rivian teams on the topics of cell supply chain, cell roadmaps, interconnect and BMS technologies, SOC and diagnostic algorithms
- Be directly responsible for mechanical design and release of battery packs via CATIA, prototype builds and test programs
- Directly or indirectly own 3D CAD, 2D manufacturing drawings, system model parameters, system schematics and other documentation for all aspects of the system
- Play a lead role in vendor selection and be responsible for ongoing vendor technical management while partnering with supply chain and procurement teams
- Build and maintain KPI / attribute scorecards throughout the design, test, development process
- Mentor or manage engineers & technicians
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 7+ year track record of detailed design, manufacture, test, and certification of battery modules or packs
- Strong engineering fundamentals in the areas of cell characteristics, failure modes, thermal, high current connections, sensing connections, structural design, shock and vibration
- A high degree of spatial creativity and reasoning ability combined with impeccable 3D CAD & 2D drawing skills
- Knowledge and deep experience with high volume manufacturing processes such as injection molding, die casting, extrusions, stamping, laser welding, automated assembly equipment/robotics
- Skills in modeling or at least working closely with dedicated modeling engineers to predict these characteristics and influence design: cell charge / discharge kinetics and thermodynamics, thermal management, cell aging, fault detection, thermal runaway/propagation prevention, etc
- Professional accomplishments executing designs from clean sheet through prototype, then pilot builds and finally production quantities
- Formal mechanical engineering education, B.S. minimum, higher preferred
JOB LOCATION:
Department: Future Programs
Location: Palo Alto CA
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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