Rivian

Sr. Diagnostic Technical Content Specialist

Rivian$79K — $99K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong experience diagnosing complex modern automobiles.
  • Experience with high voltage, low voltage, and mechanical components.
  • Knowledge of LIN, CAN, and BUS networks.
  • Proficient in using hand tools and diagnostic equipment.
  • Experience authoring technical diagnostic information.
  • Excellent communication skills for internal and external collaboration.
  • Strong analytical abilities and critical thinking expertise.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical expert for Rivian vehicles and subsystems.
  • Create diagnostic service information for low voltage, high voltage, and mechanical systems.
  • Ensure adherence to authoring standards through collaboration with peers.
  • Organize and manage the diagnostic content created by the team.
  • Conduct on-vehicle validation to confirm diagnostic content accuracy.
  • Translate engineering specifications into user-friendly information for technicians.
  • Implement process improvements to enhance documentation efficiency.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive package of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, and vision.
  • Paid vacation and paid sick leave for employees.
  • 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan eligibility.
  • Coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and children up to age 26.
  • Full-time employee benefits effective from the first day of employment.
  • Part-time employee benefits effective the first of the month after 90 days.
Full Job Description
Role Summary

The Diagnostic Content Team is a specialized group responsible for creating, managing, and delivering critical technical information that enables effective and efficient product diagnosis, troubleshooting, and repair. This team plays a vital role in supporting service technicians, customers, and other stakeholders by providing accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible information. The Sr. Diagnostic Technical Content Specialist will report in a hybrid capacity to their assigned location. You'll be reporting to our Sr. Manager, Diagnostic Content.

Responsibilities

  • Be the team's technical expert for Rivian vehicles and associated subsystems.
  • Author low voltage, high voltage and mechanical diagnostic service information.
  • Work with peers to ensure all authoring standards are being met.
  • Organize, track and manage diagnostic content authored.
  • Perform on vehicle validation to ensure diagnostic content is accurate.
  • Interpret and translate engineering specifications into digestible information for service technicians.
  • Support use of common verbiage strategy to drive consistency and quality of diagnostic service information.
  • Strategize and implement process improvements for documentation processes.
  • Drive quality and user experience improvements for service technicians.
  • Uphold and foster a positive work environment and a culture of collaboration in each Rivian facility in which you work as well as any 3rd party support you may provide.

Qualifications

  • Strong experience diagnosing complex modern day automobiles.
  • Experience working with and diagnosing High voltage, low voltage, mechanical components.
  • Experience working with and diagnosing LIN, CAN and BUS networks.
  • Experience using hand tools, multimeters, special tools, scan tools and the associated component procedures.
  • Experience authoring technical diagnostic information.
  • Appropriate interpersonal styles and communication methods to work effectively with internal and external partners.
  • Computer skills proficiency and excellent written and spoken communication skills.
  • Proven expertise in data analysis and critical thinking.
  • Track record of working closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders in a technology environment.
  • Strong analytical and structured problem-solving capabilities with high level analytical ability where opportunities for improvement are unusual and complex.
  • Extremely detail oriented.
  • Proven ability to manage multiple workflows to ensure deadlines are met.
  • Process design experience, with the ability to understand, document, and transform complex processes.
  • Experience working in software development, IT, or UNIX documentation.
  • Ability to stand, sit, or walk for 8-10 hours per day.
  • Required to communicate using phone and/or e-mail.
  • Ability to view, read, and interpret documents.
  • Ability to perform all duties in an office environment that may contain ambient noise and temperature fluctuations.

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $87,300 to $109,100 for Irvine, CA and $79,700 to $99,600 for Plymouth, MI 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 Plan 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 July 3, 2026.

About Rivian

Rivian is an American automaker and automotive technology company. Founded in 2009, the company develops vehicles, products and services related to sustainable transportation. Rivian has raised over $10.5 billion since 2019, with investments from Amazon, Ford, and Cox Automotive. The company's first two vehicles, the R1T and R1S, are electric vehicles that are expected to be released in 2021. Rivian has also announced plans to produce electric delivery vans for Amazon. The company has received praise for its focus on sustainability and its commitment to using recycled materials in its vehicles.
Learn more about Rivian
Size
10,000 employees
Market Cap
$16.8 billion
Industry
Founded
2009
NASDAQ

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