Senior Engineer Supplier Development - Power Distribution

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.

Summary You will work alongside cross-functional teams to drive Rivian quality requirements and manage our contract manufacturers quality performance ensuring seamless scaling of production. Your contributions will directly impact the performance and quality of Rivian’s products, ensuring successful launches for new programs as proper management on current ones. This role requires 50-70% travel. Trabajará junto con equipos interdisciplinarios para impulsar los requisitos de calidad de Rivian y administrar el desempeño de calidad de nuestros fabricantes contratados, lo que garantiza una escala de producción sin contratiempos. Sus contribuciones afectarán directamente el desempeño y la calidad de los productos de Rivian, garantizando lanzamientos exitosos para nuevos programas como gestión adecuada en los actuales. Este puesto requiere viajar entre el 50 % y el 70 %.

Lead supplier industrialization and readiness for Electrical Hardware commodities, including vehicle electronics, harnesses, power-distribution components, switches, charging hardware, and related assemblies. Support supplier selection and capability assessment for both greenfield (new plant) and brownfield (existing plant expansion) projects, ensuring alignment with program timelines and quality expectations. Drive APQP discipline and enforce PPAP requirements, ensuring suppliers meet dimensional, material, and performance validation before production approval. Develop and track industrialization project KPIs, including PPAP on-time approval, process capability (Cpk/Ppk), first-pass yield, and PPM targets to measure supplier readiness. Evaluate and validate supplier manufacturing processes by leading process audits, PFMEA reviews, control plan validation, and equipment capability/Run@rate assessments. Optimize supplier manufacturing scalability, ensuring production lines are capable of meeting increasing volume and quality expectations during ramp-up phases. Monitor supplier industrialization performance through KPIs such as on-time PPAP submission, process capability indices (Cpk/Ppk), defect rates (PPM), issue closure rate, and supplier corrective action effectiveness. Facilitate problem resolution using structured methodologies (focused problem solving) to address defects, process deviations, and launch roadblocks proactively. Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to drive VA/VE cost optimization, ensuring seamless design implementation into supplier manufacturing processes and technology while maintaining quality and performance standards Ability to understand and follow written and verbal instructions in English to ensure workplace safety, effective communication, and operational efficiency. Up to 50% travel requirement Responsabilidades: Liderar la industrialización y preparación de proveedores para commodities de hardware eléctrico, incluyendo electrónica del vehículo, arneses, componentes de distribución de energía, interruptores, hardware de carga y ensamblajes relacionados. Respaldar la selección de proveedores y la evaluación de capacidades para proyectos de terreno no urbanizado (nueva planta) y terreno urbanizado (expansión de planta existente), asegurando la alineación con los plazos del programa y las expectativas de calidad. Impulsar la disciplina de APQP y hacer cumplir los requisitos de PPAP, garantizando que los proveedores cumplan con la