Vehicle Verification and Validation Testing Lead

Company: Rivian
Location: Palo Alto
Posted on: March 12, 2025

Job Description:

About RivianRivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions-free Electric Adventure Vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.As a company, we constantly challenge what's possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.Role SummaryAs the Vehicle Verification and Validation Testing Lead at Rivian, you will spearhead vehicle-level testing efforts for a new line of lightweight electric vehicles. This role encompasses both developmental and validation testing across various components such as drive units, batteries, inverters, displays, and low-voltage electronics, with full ownership of the testing process from start to finish. You will play a key role in ensuring that all products meet strict performance and reliability standards by developing, executing, and overseeing verification and validation methods. This includes setting up and conducting rigorous durability and environmental testing campaigns, as well as managing the status and progress of these efforts.You will be responsible for establishing test strategies, determining sample sizes, and ensuring the necessary resources and materials are available. Additionally, you will oversee a fleet of test vehicles, ensuring proper software updates and data collection. As a leader, you will guide and support engineers and technicians, both internally and externally, ensuring test execution aligns with requirements and standards. You will also collaborate with development teams to provide insights and feedback, track and escalate issues, and maintain thorough traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.You will define the functional requirements for Special Test Equipment (STE) and data acquisition systems, as well as analyze and report on test data to drive product refinement and improve quality attributes. Strong communication skills are essential for collaborating with suppliers, vendors, and cross-functional teams in a fast-paced development environment.Responsibilities

• Lead vehicle level product testing, both developmental and validation, for a new line of very lightweight electric vehicles.
• Support testing of drive units, batteries, inverters, displays, and various low voltage electronics.
• Full ownership of end-to-end product validation testing at the vehicle level.
• Set up and execute durability and environmental testing campaigns.
• Develop and write verification and validation test methods required to guarantee products meet product requirements and provide feedback to development teams.
• Develop and maintain status and dashboards to inform on the progress of testing efforts.
• Determine strategy for testing product requirements, including how requirements will be tested, sample size, resource and material needs.
• Setup and supervise fleet of vehicles and their data collection and ensure their software is up to date.
• Track, investigate and escalate issues by providing clear, well-structured, high-level updates.
• Maintain traceability between requirements, test cases, and results.
• Define the Special Test Equipment (STE) functional requirements and instrumentations, data acquisitions for test and validation efforts.
• Provide directions to test engineers and technicians (at internal labs and at 3rd party test labs) setting up and executing tests.
• Create summary reports for all tests conducted and provide data analytics of the data collected during testing.Qualifications
  • B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience leading lightweight mobility and/or electro-mechanical system validations.
  • Experience in test planning and execution from program inception to final validation sign off.
  • Understanding of industry validation standards.
  • Expertise with environmental test set up and test error proofing.
  • Expertise in instrumentation (thermocouples, RTDs, strain gauges, accelerometers, pressure gauges, flow meters).
  • Working knowledge of automotive communication protocols (CAN, CAN FD, SPI) and Vector tools.
  • Experience with collaboration tools like JIRA, Confluence & requirements management tools like JAMA.
  • High level of interpersonal and communication skills for relationships with suppliers and vendors.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced development environment.
  • Help drive product refinement and quality characteristics and attributes.
  • Self-motivated: Demonstrated ability to set direction and guide the team towards it.
  • Hands-on approach: Proactively identifies and fills in gaps where needed.
  • Ability to travel as needed.
  • Experience with two-wheeled vehicles such as mopeds, motorcycles, or e-bikes preferred.Equal OpportunityRivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at .
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