Senior Electrical Engineer - Special Projects & Prototyping

Rivian; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Medical insurance

401(k) Plan

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Paid sick leave

Life insurance

Job summary

Rivian, based in Irvine, CA, invites engineers to join the Special Projects Team. You will design and assemble hardware for show cars and prototypes, work across mechatronics, LV/HV wiring, and power electronics, and program microcontrollers to convert ideas into functional electromechanical systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to overcome bottlenecks, document architectures, and drive projects to meet ambitious timelines in a fast-paced shop floor environment.

Qualifications

• An understanding of LV and HV vehicle architecture for circuit and wiring design
• Ability to design PCBs and integrate their functions into vehicle architectures
• The ability to collaborate to find solutions complex problems in unfamiliar systems
• Experience with mechatronics systems such as powering and actuating motors for testing applications
• The ability to quickly make tradeoffs and decisions to drive progress; The ability to develop software for custom prototypes designed within this same role.
• Strong teamwork skills, the ability to collaborate, and a positive attitude

Responsibilities

• Design ground-up hardware for show cars and early prototypes,
• flexing your expertise across mechatronics, LV/HV wiring, and power electronics.
• Program microcontrollers and write embedded software to transform static assemblies into dynamic, fully functional electromechanical systems.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate ambitious ideas into reality, designing clever surrogate hardware to bypass bottlenecks and hit aggressive timelines.
• Maintain clean, actionable documentation so your custom architectures can be easily serviced, duplicated, or evolved for future projects.

Skills

LV/HV vehicle architecture

PCB design

Collaboration

Mechatronics experience

Prototype software development

Teamwork & attitude

Job description

Rivian, based in Irvine, CA, invites engineers to join the Special Projects Team. You will design and assemble hardware for show cars and prototypes, work across mechatronics, LV/HV wiring, and power electronics, and program microcontrollers to convert ideas into functional electromechanical systems.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to overcome bottlenecks, document architectures, and drive projects to meet ambitious timelines in a fast-paced shop floor environment.