Lead Cost Engineer - Electrical

About Rivian

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. 

Role Summary

The Rivian Supply Chain team is looking for strategic technical leaders to drive the financial health of our vehicle programs. As a Lead Cost Engineer, you are an advanced individual contributor and subject matter expert serving as the primary authority for complex commodities and systems. You act autonomously to evaluate strategic cost trade-offs, develop high-level business cases, and influence engineering and purchasing strategies at a systemic level.

In this role, you lead system-level analysis and partner with cross-functional leadership to drive organizational change through technical expertise. You are responsible for solving complex challenges, mentoring junior engineers, and providing the "big picture" financial insights necessary to guide major business decisions. We are looking for an expert who can articulate the financial health of an entire portfolio to executive leadership while advocating for the team’s strategic goals.

This position is based remotely in Mexico and reports to Electrical Cost Engineering Manager.

El equipo de cadena de suministro de Rivian busca líderes técnicos estratégicos para impulsar la solidez financiera de nuestros programas de vehículos. Como ingeniero/a líder de costos, usted es un/a colaborador/a individual avanzado/a y experto/a en la materia que actúa como autoridad principal en productos y sistemas complejos. Actúa de manera autónoma para evaluar las contrapartidas estratégicas que afectan los costos, desarrollar casos de negocio de alto nivel e influir en las estrategias de ingeniería y compras en un nivel sistémico.

En este puesto, dirige el análisis en el nivel de sistema y colabora con el liderazgo multifuncional para impulsar el cambio organizacional a través de la experiencia técnica. Es responsable de superar desafíos complejos, asesorar a ingenieros júnior y proporcionar la "visión general" de la información financiera necesaria para guiar las decisiones comerciales principales. Buscamos a una persona experta capaz de exponer la salud financiera de toda una cartera ante la dirección ejecutiva, al tiempo que defiende las metas estratégicas del equipo.

Este puesto está ubicado de manera remota en México y reporta al gerente de ingeniería de costos eléctricos.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge Base: Serves as the primary authority for assigned commodities, possessing deep knowledge covering strategic implications of cost drivers, manufacturing processes, and market trends.
• Presentation & Storytelling: Articulates the overall financial health, risks, and strategic opportunities of a portfolio of parts to a wider, non-expert audience.
• Technical Skills: Expert in deconstructing highly complex assemblies and applying first principles to validate data and strategically influence business decisions.
• Organizational Influence & Outreach: Serves as the go-to person for cost information and influences stakeholders by building a compelling narrative and data-driven business case.
• Direction: Acts instinctively to manage and effectively prioritize a complex workload with little manager input while persevering in the face of setbacks.

• Base de conocimientos: actúa como la principal autoridad para los productos que se le asignen, con un profundo conocimiento que abarca las implicaciones estratégicas de los factores de costos, los procesos de fabricación y las tendencias del mercado.
• Presentación y narración: expone la situación financiera general, los riesgos y las oportunidades estratégicas de una cartera de componentes ante una audiencia más amplia y no experta.

• Habilidades técnicas: es una persona experta en deconstruir conjuntos altamente complejos y aplicar principios fundamentales para validar datos e influir estratégicamente en las decisiones de negocio.

• Influencia organizacional y divulgación: actúa como la persona de referencia para la información de costos e influye en las partes interesadas al crear una narrativa convincente y un caso de negocio basado en datos.

• Dirección: actúa de manera instintiva para gestionar y priorizar eficazmente una carga de trabajo compleja con poca intervención de su gerente, a la vez que persevera ante los contratiempos.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.
• Domain Expertise: Evaluates complex cost trade-offs, develops business cases for design changes, and uses financial data to actively influence sourcing and engineering strategies.
• Commodity-Specific Experience: Electric power conversion (motor), charging systems, mechatronic systems (sensors and switches)
• Technical Skills: Acts as the primary technical mentor, providing expert-level training on all cost engineering tools and autonomously customizing modeling tools.
• Communication: Defines and models how the Cost Engineering team communicates its value.
• Execution: Reaches beyond their defined scope to solve problems and implements systemic changes and improvements internal and external to their function.
• Operational Style: Consistently leads with first principles to identify and implement systemic changes and high-impact outcomes.
• Travel Requirements: Ability and willingness to travel as needed based on business needs, expected to average between 15-25 %.

• Educación y experiencia: licenciatura en Ingeniería o un campo relacionado y un mínimo de 6 años de experiencia relevante.

• Experiencia en el campo: evalúa las contrapartidas complejas que afectan los costos, desarrolla casos de negocio para cambios de diseño y emplea datos financieros para influir activamente en las estrategias de abastecimiento e ingeniería.

• Experiencia específica en categorías de productos: conversión de potencia eléctrica (motor), sistemas de carga, sistemas mecatrónicos (sensores e interruptores)

• Habilidades técnicas: actúa como mentor/a técnico/a principal, proporcionando capacitación a nivel de experto en todas las herramientas de ingeniería de costos y personalizando de forma autónoma las herramientas de modelado.

• Comunicación: define y modela la manera en que el equipo de ingeniería de costos transmite su valor.

• Ejecución: va más allá de su ámbito definido para resolver problemas e implementa cambios sistémicos y mejoras internas y externas a su departamento.

• Estilo operacional: lidera constantemente basándose en principios fundamentales para identificar e implementar cambios sistémicos y resultados de alto impacto.

• Necesidad de viajar: capacidad y disponibilidad para viajar según se requiera en función de las necesidades del negocio, con un promedio esperado del 15-25%.

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is 751,700 MXN - 939,653 MXN annually. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.

The successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.

You can apply for this role through careers.rivian.com (or through internal-careers-rivian.icims.com if you are a current employee). There is no fixed deadline for this application; applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until the role is filled or the opening is no longer needed.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including major & minor medical, life insurance, and food vouchers to eligible employees. 

Divulgación salarial:
La banda salarial para este puesto oscila entre los 751,700 MXN y los 939,653 MXN anuales. Esta es la banda salarial, de menor a mayor, que, de buena fe, consideramos que pagaríamos por este puesto en el momento de la publicación de esta oferta. La posición de un/a empleado/a dentro de la banda salarial se determinará atendiendo a varios factores, entre otros: competencias específicas, capacitación pertinente, calificaciones, certificaciones, experiencia, habilidades, ubicación geográfica, turno y necesidades de la organización.
El/la postulante que elijamos podrá optar a una bonificación anual por desempeño y a compensación accionaria.
Puede aplicar a este puesto a través de careers.rivian.com (o a través de internal-careers-rivian.icims.com si ya es empleado/a). No hay una fecha límite fija para aplicar; se aceptan solicitudes de manera continua hasta que se cubra el puesto o la vacante ya no sea necesaria.

Ofrecemos un paquete completo de beneficios que incluye cobertura médica para enfermedades graves y leves, seguro de vida y vales de comida a los empleados que cumplan los requisitos.

Equal Opportunity

Rivian is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Rivian is committed to ensuring that our hiring process is accessible for persons with disabilities. If you have a disability or limitation, such as those covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, that requires accommodations to assist you in the search and application process, please email us at [email protected].

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Rivian may collect, use and disclose your personal information or personal data (within the meaning of the applicable data protection laws) when you apply for employment and/or participate in our recruitment processes (“Candidate Personal Data”). This data includes contact, demographic, communications, educational, professional, employment, social media/website, network/device, recruiting system usage/interaction, security and preference information. Rivian may use your Candidate Personal Data for the purposes of (i) tracking interactions with our recruiting system; (ii) carrying out, analyzing and improving our application and recruitment process, including assessing you and your application and conducting employment, background and reference checks; (iii) establishing an employment relationship or entering into an employment contract with you; (iv) complying with our legal, regulatory and corporate governance obligations; (v) recordkeeping; (vi) ensuring network and information security and preventing fraud; and (vii) as otherwise required or permitted by applicable law. 

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Rivian may transfer or store internationally your Candidate Personal Data, including to or in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the European Union and in the cloud, and this data may be subject to the laws and accessible to the courts, law enforcement and national security authorities of such jurisdictions.  

How We Use AI in Our Hiring Process: To ensure transparency, we want candidates to know that Rivian uses iCIMS Talent Cloud Artificial Intelligence (TCAI) and AI-enabled tools to assist with screening, reviewing, organizing and highlighting profiles and applications that match the key requirements for each role.

AI does not make hiring decisions: Qualified candidate applications are reviewed by a member of our team, and all decisions throughout the process are made by humans. We use AI to support efficiency and consistency, not to replace human judgment. We are committed to a fair, thoughtful, and equitable experience for every candidate.

Participation in AI profile matching is entirely voluntary. If you prefer that your profile not be used in this process, you can opt out at any time. Opting out means your profile will be excluded from automated matching and will not be surfaced for additional roles through this system. Your current application remains active and will not be affected in any way.

Interview Integrity & AI Policy 

Our interview process is designed to evaluate your personal technical foundation, real-time problem-solving logic, and structured capabilities. Therefore, the use of assistive generative AI tools to formulate or deliver your solutions during live interview sessions is not permitted. We care most about how you think — how you make sense of unclear requirements, weigh trade-offs, and explain why you chose one approach over another. We value your unique human perspective, your authenticity, and the journey it takes to reach a solution.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.