About this role
Role Summary
In this position, you will lead full-vehicle Over-the-Road (OTR) durability verification and validation, as well as road load data collection. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional partners—including durability, chassis, dynamics, and program teams—to evaluate vehicle integrity, optimize test setups, and drive continuous improvement. This position offers an opportunity to contribute directly to Rivian’s mission by ensuring structurally durable vehicles for our customers. With your experience and proactive mindset, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring an outstanding future for sustainable mobility.
Responsibilities
- Execute multiple accelerated full vehicle structural durability tests concurrently at the proving grounds
- Manage vehicle durability test planning, coordination, execution, and results reporting, with a primary focus on structural durability and fatigue performance.
- Perform failure analysis & inspections of the vehicles with a primary focus on body, chassis, and suspension system durability
- Support road load data collection, component/subsystem DVPs, CAE correlation and target setting
- Manage test vehicle logistics, incoming inspections, component condition monitoring, and track scheduling to maximize durability fleet uptime
- Troubleshooting & Root Cause issues to resolve complex vehicle hardware and software issues to minimize track downtime
- Document vehicle condition, test reports, and log issues to program teams and functional groups
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, automotive engineering, materials engineering, or a related field
- 2+ years of full-vehicle structural durability testing, accelerated fatigue testing, and objective/subjective vehicle evaluation experience
- Hands-on experience troubleshooting vehicle hardware/software issues using CAN bus tools and data acquisition systems (e.g., Somat eDAQ, VehicleSpy, CANape, CANalyzer, iPetronic, or Raptor eMBD)
- Experience organizing DVPs, managing fleet logistics, and utilizing tools like Jira and Confluence for task tracking and issue escalation.
- Strong capability to lead independent root cause analysis, conduct hardware/software debugging, and execute teardowns
- Experience with vehicle instrumentation, data collection and processing is a plus
- Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, Python, nCode or other programming languages or analysis software is a plus.
- Proven track record of problem-solving and independent root cause analysis
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and relationship-building skills.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and manage competing priorities.
- Passion for Rivian’s mission and a commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.
## Pay Disclosure
The salary range for this role is $111,000-138,700 for Michigan 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 organizational needs. The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com. You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than March 27, 2026.