Plastics Tooling Engineer

About the role

Rivian 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise for all injection mold tooling related topics throughout the Vehicle Hardware Engineering organization.
• Provide injection mold tooling feasibility & support during the product development process from cradle to grave.
• Participate & collaborate in all product design development activities to ensure optimal tooling for mass production.
• Drive tooling best practices by reviewing tool designs with internal & external suppliers utilizing the OK to tool process.
• Develop & maintain tooling best practice documents & processes, such as tool design standards & specifications.
• Maintain tooling open issue lists, progress reports, trip reports, meeting minutes and presentations to peers and management as required.
• Review and guide mold flow best practices and drive process correlation during tool qualification / tryouts.
• Review tooling estimates & quotations to drive investment efficiencies and align with cross functional teams including purchasing / cost estimating.
• Develop & implement tooling that enables mold in color & sustainable resins & parts.
• Drive advanced tooling technologies & tooling enabled technologies including to improve Rivian's competitiveness.
• Provide problem solving support & direction to tooling / part suppliers both foreign and domestic as required.
• Lead collaborative problem-solving for production plant issues.
• Capture & document all tooling lessons learned and publish prevent recurrence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's of Science Degree in Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering or Similar.
• 1-2+ years of injection mold tooling related experience in all aspects of tooling design, tool manufacturing, and delivery.
• Basic knowledge of injected molded polymers (PP, ABS, PC, PET, PA6, TPO.) and processing.
• Proven experience with handling multiple complex projects simultaneously.
• First-class communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively across multiple sites & time zones to a wide range of audiences.
• A demonstrated ability to solve problems using a first-principal physics-based approach.
• An eagerness to work cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
• Sound commercial and financial awareness.
• CATIA V5 & Moldflow software proficiency.
• Google suite proficiency.
• Flexibility to travel to launch & supplier locations for extended periods as necessary.