Senior Reliability Engineer: Field & Lifecycle Impact

Rivian Automotive; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a reliability engineer to drive reliability improvements for our Electric Adventure Vehicles across their lifecycle. You will work closely with design, validation and manufacturing teams to identify failure modes and implement robust solutions.

Responsibilities include defining testing requirements, performing DFMEAs/PFMEAs, leading RCFA, and integrating lessons learned into future designs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline or equivalent; one or more years of industry experience in a reliability engineering role is preferred.
• Strong technical background with a passion for reliability engineering.
• Proficiency in ongoing reliability testing, HASS, and applying governing equations to various failure mechanisms.
• Experience utilizing DFMEAs and PFMEAs to ensure continuous product reliability.

Responsibilities

• Define and oversee ongoing reliability testing requirements for components, subsystems, and assemblies by leveraging established quality and reliability targets.
• Analyze Design and Production FMEAs to derive comprehensive ongoing reliability testing plans for serial production, ensuring sustained product reliability throughout the lifecycle.
• Collaborate with the reliability team to engineer accelerated test requirements that guarantee product quality and reliability across the entire production lifecycle.
• Develop and specify reliability validation plans for critical components and subsystems utilizing a robust physics-of-failure methodology.
• Determine optimal sample sizes and test durations for reliability validation programs using statistical analysis and reliability modeling.
• Lead root cause failure analysis (RCFA) for testing-related failures, driving cross-functional resolution and implementing corrective actions.
• Manage partnerships with internal and external testing facilities to execute and oversee complex ongoing reliability testing programs.
• Conduct ongoing risk assessments throughout the reliability program lifecycle and communicate findings clearly to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with Field Reliability and Failure Analysis teams to integrate critical lessons learned into future product designs and development cycles.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Statistics & modeling

Python

DFMEAs/PFMEAs

Education

BS in Engineering or equivalent

Tools

JMP

ReliaSoft

Job description

Rivian is seeking a reliability engineer to drive reliability improvements for our Electric Adventure Vehicles across their lifecycle. You will work closely with design, validation and manufacturing teams to identify failure modes and implement robust solutions.

Responsibilities include defining testing requirements, performing DFMEAs/PFMEAs, leading RCFA, and integrating lessons learned into future designs.