Staff Vehicle Validation TPM: Roadmap & Impact

Rivian; Plymouth (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation, to lead the vehicle-level validation roadmap from concept through launch and beyond. You will align DVPs, validation assets and build plans, and drive cross-functional readiness across engineering, manufacturing, service, and quality.

The role requires 8+ years in automotive or complex electro-mechanical programs, strong PM and systems-engineering skills, and fluency with Jira, Confluence, Jama and dashboards to enable

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.
• 8+ years in automotive or complex electro-mechanical products.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and program management experience.
• Experience with DVPs, DFMEAs, requirements and build phases.
• Experience validating at vehicle or subsystem level with asset planning.
• Proficient with Jira, Confluence, Jama and data dashboards.

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.
• Build and maintain the integrated vehicle validation plan, including tests, vehicles, maturity, and Config.
• Lead cross-functional alignment across engineering, program, test, manufacturing, launch, service, quality and other teams.
• Re-plan quickly when content, software, build timing, or readiness changes create risk.
• Establish dashboards and metrics, audit DVP/SDVP coverage, and provide data-backed updates.
• Identify gaps and risks, drive mitigation and issue closure, feed findings back into requirements.
• Apply validation governance and continuous improvement efforts.

Skills

Technical program management

Systems engineering

Validation

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Jama

Dashboards

Job description

Rivian is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation, to lead the vehicle-level validation roadmap from concept through launch and beyond. You will align DVPs, validation assets and build plans, and drive cross-functional readiness across engineering, manufacturing, service, and quality.

The role requires 8+ years in automotive or complex electro-mechanical programs, strong PM and systems-engineering skills, and fluency with Jira, Confluence, Jama and dashboards to enable