Staff Technical Program Manager

The well qualified candidate will be responsible for technical program management of
in-house developed high voltage (HV) Onboard Power Electronics products that support
bi-directional AC Charging and DC-DC power conversion for Rivian’s various vehicle
programs. The role requires a high level of initiative, independent judgement, and
indirect leadership capability.
You will be responsible for driving the end to end design, development, release,
validation and launch for different Rivian Electric Power Conversion Electrical Hardware
projects. In this role you will collaborate with cross functional teams to align on overall
program deliverables and report on status and risks to ensure visibility across teams.

Project management of EPC Onboard Power Electronics products including
PCBAs, Mechanical component integration, and higher level system integration.

• Create high level timeline and milestones for tracking critical design release

dates, pre-production pilot build MRD’s, supplier and internal validation plans,
and support of supplier sourcing selection and industrialization.

• Detailed Management of component timelines from concept to delivery.
• Ensuring that BOMs are released and sourced on time to support build events

and eventual PPAP. Tracking long lead part and tool order needs and
collaborating with supply chain on due dates and status throughout the
development.

• Support prototype build and delivery allocation planning to cross-functional

customers, manage master part lists (MPLs), and demand tracking

• Manage Contract Manufacturing Supplier sourcing down-selection and

production start-up ensuring any build issues get resolved with prompt attention.

• Coordinating, Tracking and Reporting of Design Validation and Process

Validation activities

• Collaborate with SW TPM on planning overall engineering bring-up activities and

feature maturity milestones

• Collaborate with other cross-functional domains to ensure system and vehicle

level requirements and milestones are achieved

• Prompt and effective communication of status, actions and escalations to the

Product Delivery Team to execute and succeed.

• Co-develop and track EPC component build, test, and validation budgets.
• Root cause analysis (RCA) issue tracking and corrective action implementation

planning using JIRA and other tools

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technology field or related work experience
• Familiarity with high voltage power conversion and PCBA design is required.
• 8+ years automotive experience in program management.
• Understanding of automotive engineering release processes.
• Good knowledge of program management process and vehicle development

timeline tools (e.g. Smartsheet, JIRA, Confluence, Vizzlo).

• Experience creating and implementing new program management processes.
• Ability to work and communicate with cross functional teams.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple projects.