Engineering Intern - Manufacturing, Paint

Role Summary

Rivian internships are experiences optimized for student candidates. To be eligible, you must be an undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited program during the internship term with an expected graduation date betwee December 2027 - 2029.. Rivian's Internship Program requires active student enrollment. Information regarding your expected degree completion date is collected solely to verify eligibility and determine your availability for future full-time opportunities. Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and does not use graduation dates to determine the age of applicants or as a basis for discriminatory hiring decisions.

If you are not pursuing a degree, please see our full time positions on our Rivian careers site. Note that if your university has specific requirements for internship programs, it is your responsibility to fulfill those requirements.

Our Fall Co-Op program runs from May - Dec, 2027. In order to be considered for this role, you must be available to work full time (40 hours per week), onsite, for the entire duration. If you are unable to work during the fall semester, please apply to our Summer Internship Program.

As a paint manufacturing engineering intern, your role involves developing and optimizing e-coat, sealing, and painting processes. The candidate will oversee continuous improvement and rate increase projects in our existing production plant as well as lead design projects for our new plant. The candidate will work closely with internal cross-functional teams, external vendors, and technology partners on process development from concept toproduction.

Responsibilities

• Preparing technical reports, documentation and presentations to communicate findings and recommendations.
• Ideation, execution, and optimization of paint shop processes (e-coat, sealer, paint).
• Collaboration with cross-functional design teams and integrators to achieve manufacturable solutions to complex problems.
• Design custom fixtures, jigs, and tools, providing detailed build to print models/drawings for fabrication with the goal to improve process quality and efficiency.
• Management of small to medium-scale projects, including the development of timing plans, cost breakdowns, identification of risks to project timing driving corrective action, and reporting of project status.

Qualifications

• Must be currently pursuing a bachelors or masters degree at an accredited universiy.

• Actively pursuing a degree or one closely related in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.

• Understanding and experience working with manufacturing concepts (cycle time analysis, quality control, equipment efficiency, and automation.

• Experience working in both 2D and 3D CAD environments.

• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint); experience with simulation software preferred.

• Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment with strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $25.00-$40.00/HR for Normal based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and medical insurance benefits. More information about benefits is available atrivianbenefits.com.  You can apply for this role throughcareers.rivian.com (or throughinternal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee).