Sr. Facilities Controls Engineer

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.

The Building Automation Engineer will be responsible for supporting the Plant Utilities Operations Manager in ensuring our Plant operates as effectively as possible while providing an exceptional experience to our customers. This role will support and lead a variety of projects related to infrastructure, facility systems, and operational improvements. Additionally, this job involves technical expertise in designing and troubleshooting complex systems like HVAC, plumbing, and controls systems, as well as developing graphical interfaces.

• Ensure health and safety regulations and standards are followed
• Communicate across disciplines and management teams, while maintaining professional presence in representing the department in client meetings
• Coordinate with consultants including architecture/engineering firms in developing design criteria and preparing layout and detail drawings
• Support design, construction, operations, and manufacturing teams as needed
• Manage and administrate corporate capital, overhead, and infrastructure project budgets
• Planning/Coordinating infrastructure and equipment maintenance schedules and activities
• Evaluate operational systems and infrastructure to improve system efficiencies
• Provide technical support to the Utilities Maintenance organization as a system point of contact. Technical support would include but is not limited to troubleshooting, operational improvements, procedural improvements, and infrastructure improvements
• Develop high performance graphical interfaces
• Collaborate on specification development for capital facility equipment such as chillers, boilers, air handling and exhaust equipment, chemical systems, etc.
• Provide input into the development of sequence of operations (SOO) documents, functional control specifications, and P&IDs (Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams) for utility systems.
• Develop and maintain internal documentation such as tag list, owner requirements, specifications, scope of work, etc.
• Develop scalable network, DDC/PLC, and server architectures
• Lead discussions with stakeholders on user experience (UX) and operating strategies
• Evaluate mean time between failure (MTTR) of selected instrumentation
• Review bill of material (BOMs) for required instrumentation (e.g., valves, dampers, actuators, sensors, flow monitoring, etc.)
• Ensure the designs conform to recognized building codes, providing details, analysis, and recommendations
• Perform other duties as needed

• Bachelor of Science in engineering with 3-5 years’ experience as a hands‑on controls engineer, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Electrical engineering degree
• Project/Construction management experience preferred
• Previous experience in industrial or manufacturing sites preferred
• Ability to communicate in a high‑pressure environment
• Ability to troubleshoot practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists
• Working knowledge of control including, but not limited to:
• Proportional, integral, and derivative (PID) control
  • Start/stop optimization
  • Temperature resets
  • Alarm/trip functionality
  • Lead/lag and sequencing
• Experience with one of the following controls platforms (hardware and/or software):
  • Ignition
  • Delta Controls
  • Alpha Controls
  • Wago PLC's
• Proficiency in controls design
  • Control device and instrumentation sizing and selection
  • Submittal generation (AutoCAD, Visio)
  • Bill of Material creation and parts ordering.
• Proficiency in designing, programming, and commissioning fault‑tolerant systems with error handling and recovery.
• Proficiency in variable frequency drives (VFDs).
• Proven proficiency in…