Mechanical Design Engineer, ECU

Position: Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, ECU
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

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. We constantly challenge what is possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

If you are aligned with this mission, we want you to join our team. We're looking for a highly motivated, experienced, multi-disciplined, mechanical engineer to challenge what is possible in the development of our electronic hardware components. Help Rivian lead the way in the future of the EV industry.

Responsibilities

• Lead the mechanical development of ECUs, helping design our next gen internal compute.
• Partner with domain teams and mechanical architecture team to define mechanical component requirements and complete trade studies to optimize integration for performance, manufacturing, and service.
• Develop PCB MCOs, enclosure designs, thermal management designs, Working with EEs and a CAE group to evaluate and validate designs.
• Make component drawings, do tolerance analysis studies, documenting design and design process.
• Support thermal and FEA studies to optimize design of components within our vehicles.
• Use first principles to identify and solve issues through critical thinking and scientific engineering methodologies.
• Develop and document component mechanical functional requirements based on product requirements for custom, semi-custom, and off-the-shelf components.
• Complete component design verification plans to ensure we deliver low mass, low cost, yet durable parts and modules to the vehicle program.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position.

Qualifications

• At least 10+ years industry experience within automotive or other industries, experience in autonomy preferred, priority given to experience in ECU development.
• B.S degree (or above), in mechanical engineering, or relevant equivalent experience.
• Experience designing components and /or systems that include mechanism design, thermal design, PCB integration, sensor integration, user interface/user experience (UI/UX) considerations, and class A surface integration.
• Experience leading cross functional teams to innovate and drive new ideas and solutions into products.
• Experience leading the design of components and/or systems that include PCB design, thermal design, PCB integration.
• Lead problem solving electrical system challenges, solving grounding, thermal and structural challenges.
• Be a proficient CAD designer, ideally within Catia V5 / V6 / 3DX, though other equivalent systems will be considered. Advanced surfacing and solid modelling expertise is preferred, along with strong CAD structure/organizational skills.
• Great problem solving and communication skills.
• Lead component drawing creation including GD&T to ASME Y14.5 standards in support of applicable tolerance analyses.
• Ability to identify optimization opportunities from CAE/testing results.
• Experience manufacturing methods such as sheet metal brake-press and stamping, injection molded plastic, cast metals, CNC machining, 3D printing etc.
• Experience in EV vehicle systems, automotive design and manufacturing practices, and low-voltage electrical system integration. Direct experience is preferred.
• Experience leading DFMEA processes and execution.

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $149,000 - $187,000 for Palo Alto based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this…