Staff TPM, Vehicle Validation: Roadmap & Delivery

Rivian; Tustin (CA); On-site; USD 154,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian seeks a Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation, to lead vehicle-level validation from concept through launch and beyond. You will provide the program management spine that aligns DVPs, validation assets and build plans, across cross-functional teams to ensure readiness and timely execution.

You will establish dashboards, monitor risk, and drive continuous improvement by applying DFMEAs and requirements to maintain quality and performance across Rivian’s product platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Typically 8+ years of experience in automotive or complex electro-mechanical products, including significant experience in technical program management and systems engineering.
• Deep understanding of vehicle development milestones, DVPs, DFMEAs, requirements, and build phases.
• Strong fluency with Jira, Confluence, Jama, dashboards, and data systems to drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the integrated vehicle validation roadmap from concept through engineering sign-off, with decision-ready deliverables.
• Translate DFMEA, NUDD, requirements, and known product risks into an integrated vehicle validation strategy across Rivian’s validation pillars.
• Build and maintain the integrated vehicle validation plan, including test sequencing, vehicles, maturity, and configurations.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, program, test, manufacturing, launch, service, quality, and other partners to align validation coverage and readiness.
• Re-plan quickly when content, software, build timing, or readiness changes create risk and maintain a credible path to milestones and launch.
• Establish dashboards and metrics, audit DVP and SDVP coverage, and provide data-backed updates for accountability and fast decisions.
• Identify gaps, drive mitigation and issue closure, and feed findings back into requirements and future plans.
• Apply validation governance and continuous improvement, standardizing methods and tools.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Program management

Systems engineering

Validation planning

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jama

Dashboards

Job description

Rivian seeks a Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation, to lead vehicle-level validation from concept through launch and beyond. You will provide the program management spine that aligns DVPs, validation assets and build plans, across cross-functional teams to ensure readiness and timely execution.

You will establish dashboards, monitor risk, and drive continuous improvement by applying DFMEAs and requirements to maintain quality and performance across Rivian’s product platforms.