As a member of Rivian’s Vehicle Hardware Engineering team, you will be an intrinsic part of shaping new and exciting products – you will develop from concept and into volume production while driving the creation of sustainable, impactful and world class performing parts.
Vehicle Hardware Engineering is a place to be innovative and creative while contributing to a culture of trust and continuous improvement.
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Provide technical expertise for all injection mold tooling related topics throughout the Vehicle Hardware Engineering organization.
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Provide injection mold tooling feasibility & support during the product development process from cradle to grave.
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Participate & collaborate in all product design development activities to ensure optimal tooling for mass production.
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Drive tooling best practices by reviewing tool designs with internal & external suppliers utilizing the OK to tool process.
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Develop & maintain tooling best practice documents & processes, such as tool design standards & specifications.
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Maintain tooling open issue lists, progress reports, trip reports, meeting minutes and presentations to peers and management as required.
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Review and guide mold flow best practices and drive process correlation during tool qualification / tryouts.
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Review tooling estimates & quotations to drive investment efficiencies and align with cross functional teams including purchasing / cost estimating.
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Develop & implement tooling that enables mold in color & sustainable resins & parts.
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Drive advanced tooling technologies & tooling enabled technologies including to improve Rivian's competitiveness.
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Provide problem solving support & direction to tooling / part suppliers both foreign and domestic as required.
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Lead collaborative problem-solving for production plant issues.
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Capture & document all tooling lessons learned and publish prevent recurrence
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Demonstrate curiosity and high learning agility.
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Exhibit “Rivian Compass” values in everything you do.
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Bachelor's of Science Degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering or Similar.
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1-2+ years of injection mold tooling related experience in all aspects of tooling design, tool manufacturing, and delivery.
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Basic knowledge of injected molded polymers (PP, ABS, PC, PET, PA6, TPO.) and processing.
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Proven experience with handling multiple complex projects simultaneously.
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First-class communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively across multiple sites & time zones to a wide range of audiences.
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A demonstrated ability to solve problems using a first-principal physics-based approach.
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An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
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Sound commercial and financial awareness.
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CATIA V5 & Moldflow software proficiency.
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Google suite proficiency.
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Flexibility to travel to launch & supplier locations for extended periods as necessary.
