Staff Safety Integration Engineer

Role Summary

The Staff Safety Integration Engineer will be responsible for managing the technical project management process for vehicle safety, focusing on performance, budget, and timing while maintaining strong relationships with external function group Technical Program Managers and stakeholders. The Staff Safety Integration Engineer will be the critical liaison between internal safety engineering teams and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the strategic objectives of the vehicle programs. This role is essential to ensuring the seamless integration of multiple safety loadcases, ensuring that cross-functional dependencies are met, and the project milestones are delivered on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize complex test, simulation, and design data from diverse safety disciplines (structures, occupant, sensing, test and validation, electrical) into cohesive, actionable technical positions.
• Lead the systems integration of multiple safety loadcases (structures, occupant, sensing, test and validation, electrical), securing stakeholder buy-in across conflicting design domains.
• Act as the single technical point of contact for external TPMs and program management, translating deep safety complexities into clear, unified program directives.
• Lead the analysis, synthesis, and preparation of vehicle-level safety performance data across all passive safety disciplines, presenting highly technical status updates and balance of attribute recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Partner with component and systems engineers to ensure cascading safety integration requirements are explicitly defined, tracked, and verified.
• Proactively unearth and drive resolution for deep-seated technical bottlenecks and integration risks across engineering boundaries.
• Institutionalize rigorous systems engineering documentation and integration best practices within the safety organization.
• Represent safety to external stakeholders, ensuring that the vehicle safety program challenges and opportunities are communicated clearly and effectively.
• Ensure the integration efforts are aligned with broader strategic objectives and that the integration timelines are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years experience in automotive safety, vehicle testing, or system integration.
• Ability to travel to vehicle and component launch locations.
• Strong working knowledge of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP and other automotive safety evaluation preferred.
• Proven project management experience, with expertise in tracking milestones, managing risks, and coordinating teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to anticipate and address potential roadblocks in safety system development.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills, ensuring clear expectations and structured execution of safety initiatives.

Pay Disclosure

Salary Range/Hourly Rate range for California Based Applicants: $171,100-$213,900 (actual compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law).   Benefits Summary: Rivian provides robust medical/Rx, dental and vision insurance packages for full-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26. Coverage is effective on the first day of employment, and Rivian covers most of the premiums.