Staff Technical Program Manager, Battery

Rivian•Tustin, CA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Are you a seasoned technical program leader with a passion for driving execution in high-voltage systems? Do you thrive in a dynamic, highly cross-functional environment where your leadership directly impacts production stability, engineering rigor, and customer satisfaction? Join our team at Rivian as an HV Battery Staff Technical Program Manager in Tustin CA, where you will lead the charge in coordinating end-to-end execution—from plant floor execution to field performance diagnostics—ensuring our cross-functional teams align effort to maximize value for the business and deliver an exceptional customer experience.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering leadership, or operations within the automotive, electric vehicle, battery manufacturing, or aerospace industries.
A Bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline (Mechanical, Electrical, Systems, Mechatronics, or related) ; a Master’s degree or MBA is highly preferred.
Proven leadership capability with a track record of running complex, high-visibility, cross-functional programs from early concept development through manufacturing launch and serial production.
Deep technical familiarity with electric vehicle high-voltage battery system architectures, component development lifecycles, and field reliability metrics.
Strong command of disciplined problem-solving methodologies (e.g., 5-Why, 8D, Fishbone, Six Sigma) and risk-mitigation tools (DFMEA, PFMEA, and Process Control Plans).
Expertise with industry-standard tracking and collaboration platforms, specifically Jira, Confluence, Jama, and PLM environments (such as Enovia/3DEXPERIENCE).
Exceptional communication skills, with a demonstrated capability to synthesize complex engineering failures into clear status visuals and actionable mitigation steps for executive leadership.
A first-principles approach to technical constraints, combined with a high degree of urgency, strong personal ownership, and comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous areas.

Responsibilities

Establish comprehensive program plans, perform execution monitoring, author leadership status reports, and drive proactive issue mitigation across various team objectives and goals.
Drive strategic priority management across cross-functional team members for the overarching areas of Battery/sub-system/component supply, plant production execution and delivery, field/customer performance, and rapid issue resolution:
Coordinate supplied pack production and delivery to General Assembly (GA):
Manage end-to-end demand and supply alignment to secure production throughput and inventory health.
Oversee root cause (RC) concern investigations and fast-track corrective action implementation.
Oversee R1 and R2 In-House pack production and delivery to GA:
Monitor, report, and systematically drive down manufacturing shop floor scrap.
Provide technical leadership and structure to accelerate hospital asset disposition decisions.
Manage the cross-functional tracking, validation, and execution of engineering deviations (DVIs).
Direct the containment and permanent closure of manufacturing root cause concerns (RCs).
Direct Field Service program management and customer performance tracking:
Oversee complex field failure data analysis and coordinate necessary design or software mitigation changes.
Guarantee service pack, High Voltage Distribution Box (HVDB), and critical component availability across Product Distribution Centers (PDCs) to support rapid field replacements.
Optimize battery remanufacturing (Reman) workflows to efficiently recover and rebuild replaced assets.
Establish second-life battery application streams to recover asset replacement costs and maximize business value.
Close the continuous improvement loop:
Systematically feed production data and field service lessons learned back into new pack development programs to eliminate risk and prevent issue recurrence.