Sr. Engineer - Product Development Systems
Rivian · Irvine, CA
About Rivian
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
Systems engineering is an all encompassing, cross functional discipline that impacts almost all levels of product development. As a systems process engineer, you will help shape how we do systems engineering at Rivian through the ownership of tools and processes that make up our requirements management, verification and issue management framework.
This role is primarily located in office with 2 days a week remote working offered and reports to the Systems Engineering Process Manager.
Responsibilities
- Ownership of systems engineering initiatives - end to end ownership of feature process and test process projects. You will help define new ways of performing systems engineering at Rivian and become a process expert
- Product ownership of change management processes - be the point of contact along with optimizing flows and balancing stakeholder needs
- Define and drive new workstreams based on conversations with stakeholders through the above
- With all the above you will be:
- Using first principles to look for areas of optimization
- Designing and implementing process improvements with buyin from stakeholders
- Bringing a holistic systems engineering approach to ensure decomposition and coverage are forefront, along with tying together requirements, FMEA and test processes
- Helping drive adoption in our processes through training and workshops
- Developing or managing integrations and automations across our toolset
- Developing best practices and documentation along with training users on any changes
- Developing/architecting metrics of adoption of processes
- Perform other duties as required within the scope of the position
Qualifications
- Bachelors in Engineering degree, Masters preferred.
- Engineering background - 4+ years experience in Systems Engineering and Product Development
- Excellent communicator - able to articulate complex ideas in a comprehensible, thoughtful manner
- Highly organized - able to manage multiple projects and stakeholders at once autonomously while balancing priorities
- Able to lead initiatives end to end with demonstrative measurable results
- Able to zoom out and look at the bigger picture when building solutions and integrations
- Experience driving best practices and developing documentation
- Experience with scripting and API’s
- Experience with the Atlassian suite of tools
Pay Disclosure
Salary Range Irvine-Based Applicants: $122,000-$151,000 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, and other factors permitted by law).
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.
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