Senior Manager, Closures Manufacturing Engineering

Rivian; Plymouth Charter Township (MI); On-site; USD 161,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity awards

401(k) Plan

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Sr. Manager to lead the Closures Manufacturing Engineering team.

You will own the manufacturing process strategy for closure panels and mechanisms across vehicle programs, lead a team of manufacturing engineers, and be the primary technical owner for closures build quality, cost, and launch readiness. You will partner with Body Structures, Design Engineering, Quality, Tooling, and Plant Operations to ensure closures processes are robust from virtual builds through

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or equivalent technical field.
• 12+ years of experience in automotive manufacturing engineering, with significant direct experience in closures processes and advanced systems.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing engineers or technical teams.
• Hands-on PFMEA/DFMEA, control plans, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up analysis as applied to closures fit and finish.
• Track record partnering with Design Engineering to influence product design for manufacturability without compromising function, craftsmanship, or program timing.
• Experience managing CapEx, project timeline, and supplier/integrator relationships.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present technical status, risk, and trade-offs clearly to engineers and leaders.
• A systems-based, first-principles approach to problem-solving and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and expand a high-performing engineering team focused on closures and hang-on assembly manufacturing processes.
• Own the manufacturing process strategy and equipment concept development for closures across vehicle programs including tooling, line layout, hemming process and best fit systems.
• Partner with Product Design Engineering to influence closures design for manufacturability providing DFM feedback early enough to avoid costly late-stage tooling changes.
• Lead structured problem-solving initiatives across virtual builds, prototype phases, and final launch to resolve issues and consistently attain fit-and-finish targets.
• Drive closures program deliverables, including design, development, quality, timing, cost, and represent closures readiness during program gates and launch readiness reviews.
• Coordinate with Body Structures, Stamping, Paint, and General Assembly manufacturing engineering teams to ensure closures processes integrate cleanly with upstream and downstream systems.
• Manage tooling and equipment suppliers/integrators for closures-specific equipment through RFQ, design, build, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up to target rate and quality and handover to production.
• Establish and maintain standard work, documentation, and training for closures manufacturing processes (PFMEA, control plans, process sheets) across the team.
• Provide regular KPI updates to Body Manufacturing Engineering leadership on program status, quality, performance, budget and risk.
• Support build events (prototype, pilot, pre-production) and production launches, ensuring closures systems meet target quality and rate.
• Exhibit "Rivian Compass" in everything you do.

Skills

Leadership

PFMEA/DFMEA

GD&T

Design for manufacturability

CapEx management

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/ Manufacturing or equivalent

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Sr. Manager to lead the Closures Manufacturing Engineering team.

You will own the manufacturing process strategy for closure panels and mechanisms across vehicle programs, lead a team of manufacturing engineers, and be the primary technical owner for closures build quality, cost, and launch readiness. You will partner with Body Structures, Design Engineering, Quality, Tooling, and Plant Operations to ensure closures processes are robust from virtual builds through