at Rivian Automotive, LLC in Normal, Illinois, United States
Job Description
About Rivian
Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.
As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.
Role Summary
As the leader of cross-functional teams, a Product Excellence Staff Quality Engineer is responsible for identifying deviations from the standard for Rivian vehicles across all vehicle systems, analyzing the issue, and driving the problem solving process to a permanent resolution. In these teams they will compare performance both against established standards from within Rivian, and to benchmarks and customer expectations from the field. They will conduct analyses into the issues identified, and deep dive the root causes of deviations they and our process partners from the other organizations in the plant have found. This position is located at our Normal, IL MFG plant and will report to our Sr. Manager of Product Excellence.
Responsibilities
Lead the analysis process utilizing proven quality tools to help develop immediate countermeasures (containments) and permanent (long-term) solutions in response to internal and external customer quality concerns.
Drive development of methods to analyze product and process quality.
Improve product quality/validation effectiveness by defining/implementing recommendations for improvements of current state, establishing best-practice methods for total vehicle testing, and aligning across the organization with other testing and development departments.
Drive improvements to meet long-term Customer Quality Expectations.
Analyze data (test results as well as internal quality and field warranty data) to define trends, capability, and functional improvements.
Work together with relevant teams and departments to understand the needs regarding analysis and measurement systems.
Conduct analyses of issues and validations of solutions.
Lead brainstorming and ideation to develop solutions for observed problems.
Formulate a strategic plan to develop systems and metrics that increase productivity in the business.
Proactively identify testing and process improvements independent of quality issues (e.g. simplification, cost-down, durability improvements, sampling rates, tool improvement, etc.)
Set goals for performance and deadlines in ways that comply with company's plans and vision.
Lead cross-functional problem-solving teams across all business units.
Organize workflow and ensure that team participants understand their duties and delegated tasks.
Qualifications
Engineering, Quality, or other Technical Bachelor's-Degree, or equivalent combination of education and experience, or 10+ years' experience in automotive/vehicle analysis, testing or manufacturing environment.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Demonstrated project management and cross-functional team leadership skills.
High proficiency in analytical tools and equipment as typically used for total vehicle validation in the automotive development and production areas.
Strong understanding of test and analysis methods in support of Customer Quality Metrics.
Working knowledge of data analysis software like MiniTab or JMP. Ability to write scripts and programs for these a plus.
Advanced Excel skills. Knowledge of Power BI or Tableau a plus
Experienced in working with SharePoint.
5+ years design or vehicle test engineering experience in an automotive manufacturing environment.
3+ years experience in team leadership function, ideally in an automotive test, analysis or problem-solving department.
Results driven with a Quality Mindset.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Good electronic communication software skills (MS... For full info follow application link.
Equal Opportnity
Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at accessibility@rivian.com.
