Staff Requirements Maanger

Role Summary

We are seeking a technically rigorous Requirements Manager to own vehicle-level requirements across programs and translate them into user stories. You bring a strong systems engineering background, can abstract lower-level requirements up to vehicle level, harmonize them into a coherent baseline, and ensure every requirement meets RV Tech's quality standards before it enters execution scope. You are highly organized and structured, bringing clarity to complex, ambiguous problem spaces across multiple parallel streams. You are flexible and open-minded, prioritizing evolving program needs without losing sight of the bigger picture. You are effective in execution, delivering results and driving topics to closure. You are a strong communicator who bridges deeply technical engineering teams and program-level stakeholders, and you are a collaborative, proactive team player. This role is located at our Irvine, California office.

Responsibilities

Vehicle-Level Requirements & Systems Engineering

• Own the vehicle-level requirements inside RV Tech across programs. You define the quality standards and structure for incoming requirements before they enter engineering scope.
• Drive the consistent creation of user stories from vehicle requirements. You ensure they are testable, traceable, and aligned with SoWs and the feature list.
• Apply systems engineering principles to decompose and abstract requirements across system hierarchy levels, from component and subsystem up to vehicle level.
• Challenge overly detailed or prescriptive requirements that describe legacy solutions rather than desired vehicle-level outcomes. You re-focus them with intent to unlock SDV narrative and RV Techs product strategy across programs.
• Map technical interdependencies between domains (software, E/E architecture, mechanical, functional safety) and harmonize cross-functional requirements, identifying conflicts, redundancies, and gaps.
• Create own standards for requirements to describe vehicle level test cases and product behavior (e.g. QLAHs)
• Align requirement scope with parent company stakeholders (Rivian, VW Group brands) and domain PMs, interface with system architects to validate feasibility and allocation.
  Requirement Intake and Stakeholder Interfaces
• Establish and maintain quality gates and checklists for requirement intake, ensure consistent application of user story methodology across programs.
• Translate vehicle-level and cross-functional requirements into well-structured user stories with acceptance criteria, regulatory traceability and test cases.
• Work on the interface between RV Tech's Product & Portfolio team (Feature Intake, BOF CCB and Change management), the parent stakeholders and RV Techs System teams.
• Define and maintain a clear requirements structure and traceability from vehicle-level towards component-level.
• Serve as the primary interface to system architects and Tech leads for requirements topics, define quality metrics, and drive escalations

Qualifications

• 6+ years in requirements engineering, systems engineering, or related discipline in automotive / mobility-tech.
• Strong systems engineering background with ability to work across multiple teams and multiple levels of abstraction
• Deep understanding of automotive E/E architectures, SDV platforms, and cross-domain technical interdependencies.
• Hands-on experience with RM tools (Flow or Codebeamer).
• Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Controls or related field.
• Experience with agile methodologies and german language skills a plus.

Total Rewards

We build the exceptional - and we believe the people doing that work should be rewarded accordingly. In addition to a competitive base salary, full-time positions may be is eligible to participate in our annual company performance bonus program.

Payments are discretionary and not guaranteed; actual amounts depend on company results and the terms of the plan in effect, and require active employment at the time of payout. This role is also eligible for equity in the form of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), subject to board approval and the terms of our equity incentive plans, including applicable vesting requirements.

In addition to our compensation programs, we invest in our people with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support the health, wellbeing, and financial future for full-time employees - including health coverage, retirement savings, time off, and family planning programs. Offerings vary by country. Learn more about our global benefit programs.

External candidates can apply for this role through the Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies careers site (https://rivianvw.tech/#careers). If you are a current employee, please apply through our internal job board.