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Senior Quality Engineer – Complete Vehicle Quality

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Develop vehicle-quality controls, inspection processes and corrective actions across Rivian engineering and manufacturing operations.

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Location

Normal, Illinois, United States

Work mode

On-site

Employment

Full-time

Experience

Senior

Visa support

Not Specified

Salary

$98,500 – $1,23,100 per year

Official salary range for Illinois applicants. Annual performance bonus and equity awards may also apply.

Opportunity

Job Description

The Senior Quality Engineer will connect customer quality, service quality, engineering, manufacturing and operations. The engineer will develop methods for detecting, containing and preventing vehicle-quality problems. The position involves analysing complex production and field issues, defining inspection controls and ensuring manufacturing processes reliably satisfy product requirements.

Responsibilities

• Implement controls for detecting, containing and preventing vehicle-quality concerns.
• Identify high-risk issues from service data, production gates and operational reports.
• Lead cross-functional root-cause investigations.
• Define manufacturing parameters and process-capability requirements.
• Develop inspection plans and quality-gate work instructions.
• Monitor recurring issues through Rivian’s concern-management system.
• Review deviations and validate factory containment actions.
• Coordinate with design, supply-chain, manufacturing and production teams.
• Communicate plant-quality risks and corrective-action status.

Eligibility

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechatronic Engineering or an equivalent discipline.
• At least four years of quality experience in manufacturing or engineering.
• Experience developing testing methods for detecting and investigating product-quality issues.
• Working knowledge of quality-management systems and production operations.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% or more when required.

Required Skills

Quality engineeringInspection-plan developmentRoot-cause analysisManufacturing-process capabilityQuality Management SystemsGD&TCorrective and preventive action

Preferred Skills

8D problem-solvingSix Sigma Green BeltCADJira or Confluence

Application Instructions

Apply through Rivian’s official careers page and describe relevant complete-vehicle, manufacturing-quality and root-cause-analysis experience.

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