This is what you’ll do:

As part of the Rivian Propulsion team consisting of electric powertrain components, energy storage systems, and thermal systems, work with overall vehicle design and development engineering team to implement Propulsion system assigned features from initial design to production. Features can include but are not limited to one or more of the following Propulsion system feature “families”:

· HV and LV Charging architecture and related sub-functions such as location-based scheduled charging

· High Voltage Distribution including HVIL strategy and implementation

· Energy Management relating to charging and driving

· Thermal Management for cabin and battery conditioning

· Torque Safety to ensure functional safety-related assessments are integrated into clear software requirements and validation procedures

· Diagnostics related to propulsion-related systems

· Sequencing (and interface to vehicle electrical teams for overall vehicle moding)

· Vehicle moding – define feature and calibration level for sub-functions given

· Propulsion-related HMI signals and features

Deliverables:

· Define high level functional architecture with preliminary interfaces

· Determine all sub-functions and vehicle actions associated with inserted failures of all identified interfaces (FMEA for components)

· Cascade propulsion-defined functions and requirements to control modules (with consensus)

· Document and gain consensus on functionality and requirements related to sequence diagrams associated with defined functions and interfaces

· Work with software teams for development and execution of requirements – execute development on developmental releases on developmental properties such as electrical buck or alternative environment

· Assign feature delivery timing to overall software feature rollout timing for prototype release

· Lead or participate in feature calibration with assigned VI and UX team member

· Validate feature on vehicle or acceptable alternative development environment

· Lead the planning of feature release timing for production software

· Production software validated – updated calibration as needed

· Responsible for documenting, implementing and validating all diagnostics requirements and functions for the assigned feature resulting from FMEA and DV issues especially for those features that relate to service tools and EOL in Normal.

· Write, track, and close, with SW teams, issues with implementation

· Monitor production launch issues, especially with EOL testing and early customer feedback, warranty, and real customer use cases

Specific Duties for Assigned Feature:

· Work with HV distribution feature owner to incorporate specific charging requirements into overall HV architecture. Charging requirements, implementation, and validation will include:

o Level 1/2 CCS standard for North and South America and Europe

o PLC-based DCFC with a proposed 500A+ capability

o GB/T protocol for China

o CHAdeMO protocol for Japan

o Advanced charge inlets for commercial vehicle-level charge power/current levels

· Own HV charging system and functional decomposition

· Design HV charging system, customer facing charging related features, and functional safety driven functions.

· Cull all existing requirements with additional standards in JAMA

· Conduct FMEA of HV charging system in IQRM. Record additional vehicle-level requirements emerging from analysis and ensure the cascade to all standalone electronic control modules.

· Develop and own HV charging system DVP&R. Work with relevant DREs to ensure completion of the DV plan by suppliers and develop and execute any Rivian vehicle-level testing by securing vehicles and instrumentation as needed.

· Work with HV charger DRE to ensure that all requirements and validation methods/actions are satisfied.

Other Responsibilities:

· Work with process leader to develop method and tools to capture requirements and validation procedures for responsible software related features

· Recommend test methods and apparatus for executing validation procedures

· Participate in issues management and requirement life cycle tracking through the incorporation of requirements and validation procedures in a cloud-based requirement and issues management system – recommend improvements in process as needed

· Work with requirements engineers to design and implement a requirement cascade process for powertrain including the use of JAMA as a requirements database and JIRA as a software program management and issues tracking tool

· Lead the development of validation procedures, identification of test equipment and test facilities needed (and when).

this is what you’ll need:

· Academic background in engineering, Bachelor’s required, Master’s degree preferred

6+ years of powertrain and related experience with demonstrable production implementations

Individual or team experience of highly specialized controls, software, requirements, and /or validation engineers in a production development environment.

· Proven production implementation of electrified powertrain or propulsion-related features, with an emphasis on those with a pure EV background and demonstrated production and launch experience

· Demonstrated experience as a subject matter expert in at least one of and familiar with as many of the feature families as possible and has implemented such features in a production embodiment, either as an individual contributor or leader.

This is where you’ll work:

Department: Propulsion

Location: Plymouth, MI