Field Reliability Engineer — Automotive Quality & Data-Driven

Socket.dev; Normal (IL); On-site; USD 98,000 - 122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity awards

401(k) Plan

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Field Quality and Reliability Engineer to support Vehicle Hardware by identifying field issues early and driving containment and long‑term corrective actions. You will collaborate with technical support, design, manufacturing, service, quality, and supply chain to elevate product quality and reliability.

Responsibilities include applying reliability methods, analyzing field data, leading investigations, communicating risk, and forecasting reliability insights to guide design

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Experience in automotive manufacturing, quality, reliability engineering, or a related technical role.
• Strong analytical skills with experience interpreting field and manufacturing data.
• Working knowledge of reliability statistics, data analysis, and trend monitoring.
• Experience supporting root cause investigations and driving issues through containment and corrective action.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of Python, SQL, or similar tools for data analysis.

Responsibilities

• Apply field quality and reliability engineering methods to improve vehicle performance and customer experience for Vehicle Mechanical systems.
• Analyze field, service, warranty, and manufacturing data to identify reliability trends, bad actors, and emerging failure modes.
• Use reliability statistics and trend analysis to detect early life failures and proactively identify wear-out failures in the field.
• Develop clear risk assessments and communicate issue severity, frequency, and business impact to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Lead and support technical investigations using a data-driven approach to identify failure patterns, isolate root causes, and define next actions.
• Drive issues to resolution by partnering with technical support, engineering, manufacturing, service, supplier quality, and other cross-functional teams.
• Support root cause analysis activities with structured problem-solving methods and evidence-based decision-making.
• Create analyses ranging from simple time-in-service or mileage-based studies to deeper reliability and degradation assessments.
• Develop reliability insights and forecasts that help teams prioritize containment, corrective actions, and long-term product improvements.
• Translate field findings into recommendations for design improvements, manufacturing process improvements, service actions, and test method updates.
• Monitor the effectiveness of corrective actions and confirm that implemented countermeasures reduce field failure risk.

Skills

Python

SQL

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

JMP

ReliaSoft

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Field Quality and Reliability Engineer to support Vehicle Hardware by identifying field issues early and driving containment and long‑term corrective actions. You will collaborate with technical support, design, manufacturing, service, quality, and supply chain to elevate product quality and reliability.

Responsibilities include applying reliability methods, analyzing field data, leading investigations, communicating risk, and forecasting reliability insights to guide design