Staff Manufacturing Engineer - Cell Assembly at Rivian Automotive in Irvine, CA

This is what you’ll do:

• Join a team developing the next generation battery cells for Rivian!
• Own process/equipment within the Assembly Cell Manufacturing Engineering team
• Define manufacturing strategy for pilot and high volume production
• Work with cell supplier on assembly related issues in production, work with team to assess path forward
• Collaborate with various teams including design, quality, production to deliver optimum manufacturing solution
• Be a key stakeholder in decision making for fast iterations and mass production scale-up
• Work with external and internal equipment suppliers to deliver manufacturing line

This is what you’ll need:

• Masters/PhD degree in Material/Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, or similar technical field
• 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering,
• Winding, Stacking, Welding, Crimping, Filling systems experience
• Experience in high-speed automation, mechanical design (CAD) and data collection (MES)
• Highly data driven; familiar with statistical software and approaches to provide data to make informed decisions
• Proven ability to scale process/equipment from lab to high volume
• Experience in manufacturing engineering and production challenges
• Ability to follow through and make significant progress in a fast pace, demanding, dynamic environment
• Knowledgeable in high and low volume manufacturing (proto-typing, OEE, equipment selection, DFM, 8D, CAD)
• Critical problem-solving skills: ability to ask the right people, the right questions at the right time in the right way
• Detail oriented: ability to become subject matter expert in order to make informed decisions
• Curiosity: demonstrate level of interest that enables inventiveness
• Execution: demonstrate that follow through is given as much attention as problem solving
• Capable of working as a member of a team across several cross functional disciplines, including product design, quality, construction, production, supply chain, controls, external vendors etc.