Passive Safety System Design Engineer

About Rivian

Rivianis 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.

In this role, the Passive Safety System Design Engineer will have ownership of the passive safety system architecture and design for the next generations of Rivian electric vehicles. This will be a high-visibility role developing high-level requirements and defining new technologies that will function as a cohesive system that meets our homologation needs and elevates the crash safety of our occupants.

• Architect and develop new features and functions for the Passive Safety System Restraints Control Module (RCM)
• Drive new technologies from concept to vehicle-worthy maturity
• Interface with Homologation, Functional Safety, and Compliance to understand the system requirements and distill them into technical requirements
• Collaborate with HW and SW engineers to develop safety-critical system designs that meet our crash safety goals
• Own and document the system architecture
• Work with the manufacturing team to ensure the system is manufacturable and traceable
• Hands-on design and validation of prototype hardware and maturing the design by characterizing and debugging test vehicles to optimize your design
• Evaluate system failure modes, create and drive integration and validation plans, and support the execution of these test plans.
• Simplify complex functions and features to their core components using a first principles approach to drive simple and structured requirements and production friendly solution working with broader team
• Participate in safety and reliability reviews and contribute to resolving reliability issues for components, subsystems, and assemblies.
• Collaborate with reliability engineers to support DFMEA to drive reliable design choices and improve validation test planning
• Drive technical decisions and guide the team in the right direction.
• Think holistically. Understand the impact of your plan or decision to program and customers. Deep dive into technical issues to drive data-driven decisions.
• Perform other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position

• BS + 10 years or MS + 8 years or PhD + 6 years or equivalent experience in electrical engineering or related field.
• 5+ years of experience with electrical systems design
• Experience with planning, writing, and executing test procedures
• Ability to troubleshooting sensors, actuators, and digital signals, and perform root cause analysis
• Experience leading multidisciplinary trade studies to conclusion
• Familiarity with ISO 26262 or similar functional safety standards (e.g. ARP
  4754)
• Demonstrated strong creative thinking and problem-solving toolbox
• Ability to dive deep into electrical first principles and work in fast-paced and challenging environments.
• Have a fine eye for detail, yet the ability to ‘zoom out’ and see the big picture

The salary range for this role is $167,000 - $209,000 for Palo Alto, CA-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 posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and…