Sr. Manufacturing Engineer - Factory Design & Industrial Engineering
Palo Alto, CA 
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Posted 22 months ago
Position No Longer Available
Position No Longer Available
Job Description

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.

Job Summary

The Factory Design and Industrial Engineering team is positioned within the larger Rivian Manufacturing Engineering organization. As one of its members, you will help drive the manufacturing strategy, forecast and validate capacity, and optimize the factory design to meet company volume and cost targets. This position requires someone with a systems level mindset who can navigate seamlessly between fine details and the big picture with a wide breadth of manufacturing knowledge. It also requires working with a number of internal or external cross functional teams including strategy, finance, supply chain, facilities, operations, construction, and more.

Responsibilities:

  • Own the manufacturing capacity roadmap and forecast for an area(s)
  • Design the overall process flow and conceptual layout for the factory
  • Define capacity and cost metrics for existing and future manufacturing areas
  • Lead the framework to capture and forecast capital or operational expenditures against long range plan
  • Conduct trade-off analyses to drive key manufacturing business decisions
  • Quantify impact of product design and mix on throughput, performance, and utilization
  • Build static and dynamic models to determine line design targets and requirements. Run what-if scenarios and optimization experiments
  • Develop standard library of assumptions for availability, performance, and quality based on empirical data and industry standards
  • Identify bottlenecks and provide data driven insights on key loss contributors to enable faster production ramp

Qualifications:

  • BS in Mechanical / Industrial / Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Research, or equivalent
  • 5+ years of manufacturing or relevant experience (new line launches a plus)
  • Experience with capacity planning and discrete event simulation software (i.e. FlexSiM, AnyLogic)
  • Experience with factory layout, equipment or process planning
  • Experience with data analytics, visualization, and programming languages a plus
  • Exceptional verbal, written, and visual communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to travel 50-75% of the time during critical launch phase
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 .

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.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.


Equal Opportnity

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 accessibility@rivian.com.


 

Position No Longer Available
Job Summary
Company
Start Date
As soon as possible
Employment Term and Type
Regular, Full Time
Required Education
Bachelor's Degree
Required Experience
5+ years
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