Role Summary
Rivian is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to electronics product development
across the vehicle portfolio.This role owns complex, cross-functional hardware programs from
early concept and development through vehicle integration, validation, and production
readiness.
You will connect Electrical Hardware, systems engineering, ADAS/Autonomy, firmware and
software, vehicle integration, validation, quality, manufacturing, supply chain, and external
partners. You will establish clear plans and decision paths across custom sensor development,
PCBAs, suppliers, and contract manufacturers, helping teams deliver robust technology to
vehicle milestones.
Responsibilities
Own integrated program plans for both in-house and vendor electronics for sensor
modules including scope, requirements, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks,
and production-readiness criteria.
• Lead cross-functional execution of in-house and vendor hardware development,
coordinating electrical, RF, mechanical, systems, firmware, software, validation, and
vehicle-integration workstreams.
• Translate system and vehicle needs into clear program deliverables, interfaces,
milestones, and readiness gates; align teams on verification and validation plans.
• Drive technical reviews and decision-making, track actions to closure, and surface
tradeoffs across performance, quality, cost, schedule, and product integration.
• Coordinate PCBA, ECU, sensor-module, and other electronics development with internal
teams and external engineering partners.
• Plan and track prototype, development, and validation builds; align hardware availability,
configuration, issue resolution, and vehicle-level dependencies.
• Lead supplier and contract-manufacturer engagements, including technical deliverables,
design reviews, build plans, issue resolution, change control, escalations, and readiness
tracking.
• Partner with manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to support
manufacturability, build readiness, and transition from development to production.
• Maintain clear program health reporting for stakeholders and leadership, including risks,
assumptions, decisions, dependencies, recovery plans, and status against milestones.
• Improve program operating cadence and execution practices across multiple concurrent
workstreams
Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, or
hardware development in a complex product environment.
• Familiarity with automotive radar systems and radar sensor or module development.
• Experience in automotive product development, ideally with an OEM, Tier 1 supplier,
ADAS, or vehicle-electronics program.
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional hardware or electronics programs from
development through production.
• Strong program-management fundamentals, including integrated planning, milestone
tracking, risk and dependency management, issue escalation, and change control.
• Experience coordinating engineering, validation, manufacturing, and other partners
across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to interpret engineering and program artifacts such as requirements, block
diagrams, schematics, test plans, validation reports, and engineering changes.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, including the ability to align
technical teams and brief leadership.
• Comfort operating in ambiguity, building structure, and driving decisions without
complete information.
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, systems engineering,
or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with PCBA development, including schematic and layout reviews, board
bring-up, BOM maturity, validation, and manufacturing release.
• Experience leading custom development efforts from requirements and design through
prototype builds, validation, and production release.
• Experience with contract-manufacturer (CM) engagements for electronics development,
builds, manufacturing readiness, quality, and production ramp.
• Experience in vendor management, including oversight of technical deliverables,
schedule, cost, quality, issue resolution, and escalations.
• Familiarity with other custom sensor technologies and their integration into vehicle
electrical, software, and systems architectures.
• Familiarity with automotive validation and production-readiness processes, such as
DVP&R, APQP, or PPAP.
• Familiarity with program-tracking tools such as JIRA and Confluence and with Agile or
hybrid development environments.
• Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline
Pay Disclosure
The salary range for this role is $167,400 - $209,300 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 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.
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