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Mechanical Engineering

Senior Field Quality and Reliability Engineer

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Investigate field failures, analyse vehicle reliability data and coordinate permanent engineering corrections across Rivian teams.

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Location

Normal, Illinois, United States

Work mode

On-site

Employment

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Visa support

Not Specified

Salary

$1,23,400 – $1,54,200 per year

Official salary range for Illinois applicants. Rivian also lists USD 135,100–168,900 for California applicants.

Opportunity

Job Description

The Senior Field Quality and Reliability Engineer will analyse product concerns arising from customer vehicles, service operations and manufacturing data. The engineer will lead technical investigations, identify failure mechanisms and coordinate containment and permanent corrective actions. The position connects field quality with design, manufacturing, supplier quality and service engineering.

Responsibilities

• Monitor field-quality, warranty, service and reliability information.
• Prioritise technical concerns based on severity, frequency and customer impact.
• Lead structured root-cause investigations of mechanical and vehicle-system failures.
• Coordinate component inspections, testing and engineering analysis.
• Establish containment measures for urgent product-quality concerns.
• Work with design, manufacturing and suppliers to implement permanent corrections.
• Verify the effectiveness of corrective actions using field and production data.
• Communicate investigation progress and technical risks to programme leadership.
• Improve failure-reporting and reliability-analysis processes.

Eligibility

• Relevant engineering degree or equivalent technical experience.
• At least two years of experience in quality, manufacturing or a related engineering environment.
• Experience investigating technical failures and coordinating corrective actions.
• Strong analytical, communication and cross-functional problem-solving ability.
• Understanding of vehicle systems, production processes or service operations.

Required Skills

Field-quality engineeringReliability analysisRoot-cause investigationCorrective-action managementFailure-data analysisCross-functional coordination

Preferred Skills

Automotive warranty analysis8D problem-solvingSupplier quality engineeringVehicle-service diagnostics

Application Instructions

Apply through Rivian’s official vacancy page and include relevant quality, reliability, failure-analysis and automotive experience.

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