Staff Electronics Design Engineer

In this role, the Staff Electronic Design Engineer will own low voltage electrical system
design, bring-up, and validation for current and next generation of Rivian products. This
would be a highly visible role working cross-functionally to influence design, contribute to
solving HW/SW system integration challenges, and experience complete prototyping to
manufacturing product development cycle.

• Own the hardware design and lead development of the low voltage electrical system

by creating complete electronic modules from the ground up to Rivian Standards.

• Hands-on design and validation of prototype hardware and maturing the design by

characterizing and debugging test assets to optimize your design

• Contribute to evaluating system failure modes, create and drive integration and

validation plans, and support the execution of these test plans.

• Collaborate with software and integration engineers to ensure hardware and software

integration requirements are well understood and implemented correctly at all levels
of the stack, on the bench, and in the system

• Simplify complex functions and features to their core components using first

principles approach to drive simple and structured requirements and production
friendly solution working with broader team

• Participate in safety and reliability reviews and contribute to resolving reliability

issues for components, subsystems, and assemblies.

• Collaborate with reliability engineers to support DFMEA to drive reliable design

choices and improve validation test planning

• Drive technical decisions and guide the team in the right direction.
• Think holistically. Understand the impact of your plan or decision to program and

customers. Deep dive into technical issues to drive data-driven decisions.

• Perform other duties as required or assigned within the scope of the position

• BS + 10 years or MS + 8 years or PhD + 6 years or equivalent experience in

electrical engineering or related field.

• Hardware design experience in analog, digital and mixed-signal and interfaces
• Experience with schematic design tools, PCB layout, FPGA development systems and

tools, and simulation tools (Spice, Matlabs, etc)

• Familiarity with C programming and microcontroller peripherals such as SPI, I2C, and

other various protocols. Experience working with FW teams to drive and test and
hardware requirements

• Understanding of high-speed signal integrity, EMC, and other typical regulatory

requirements for low-voltage electronics to facilitate cohesive development with
broader engineering team

• Proficiency on necessary test and measurement tools (Power Supply, Oscilloscope,

Logic Analyzer, Spectrum Analyzer)

• Demonstrated strong creative thinking and problem-solving toolbox
• Ability to dive deep into electrical first principles and work in fast-paced and

challenging environments.

• Ability to collaborate and drive direction through multidisciplinary discussions
• Understanding of automotive requirements
• End-to-end product design/development from prototyping to mass production

experience

• Have a fine eye for detail, yet the ability to ‘zoom out’ and see the big picture