Engineering Intern - Mechanical Power Electronics (Spring 2027 Co-Op)

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 between December 2027 and 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 Spring Co-op program runs from Jan-Aug 2027. In order to be considered for this role, you must be available to work onsite, full time (40 hours per week), for the entire duration. If you're unable to work during the spring semester, please instead apply to our Summer Internship Program.

No Visa Sponsorship

The mechanical power electronics engineering intern will focus on supporting the production ramp-up of our R2 vehicle.

Responsibilities

• Perform tester log analysis to help troubleshoot electrical end of line failures on production lines.
• Develop efficiency dashboards using AI tools to help track issues and station down time trends related to assembly lines.
• Support the teardown and inspection of assemblies to help determine the failure root cause.
• Support with flashing printed circuit boards using in-house test equipment.
• Participate in cross-functional team meetings to help leverage lessons learned and improvements for future production lines.

Qualifications

• Must be currently pursuing a bachelors, masters, or PhD degree at an accredited university

• Actively pursuing a degree or one closely related in Mechanical Engineering

• Familiar with the assembly and mechanical function of power electronics components such as DC traction inverters, DC-DC converters, AC-DC onboard charger, or high voltage power distribution systems.

• Familiar reading mechanical drawings to check component tolerancing (GD&T).

• Familiar with methods and techniques used to solve quality issues (i.e. 8Ds, fishbone, 5-whys).

• General understanding on how to read and interpret electrical schematics.

• Handy with tools to support necessary mechanical teardowns.

• Experience using AI tools that can generate production line efficiency dashboards.

• Knowledge of 3D CAD systems like CATIA is preferred.

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Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is $25.00-40.00 per hour for Illinois 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. Internship positions are not eligible for retirement benefits.  More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com.    You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). There is no fixed deadline for this application; applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the role is filled or the opening is no longer needed.