Senior Cost Engineer - Interior

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 highly motivated technical professionals to drive value through expert cost analysis. As a Senior Cost Engineer - Interior, you will serve as a key individual contributor responsible for independently managing the cost analysis of assigned commodities. You will integrate data from various sources to create defensible estimates that directly influence sourcing decisions, design trade-offs, and supplier negotiations.

In this role, you will drive results by building compelling business cases that persuade stakeholders to adopt cost-optimized strategies. You are expected to demonstrate advanced proficiency in cost-modeling tools and take ownership of improving team processes. This role offers the opportunity to influence decision-making by presenting logical, data-driven insights in cross-functional forums.

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

El equipo de Supply Chain de Rivian busca profesionales técnicos sumamente comprometidos para generar valor mediante el análisis de costos realizado por expertos. Como Ingeniero/a de costos sénior - Interior, desempeñará un papel clave como colaborador/a individual responsable de gestionar independientemente el análisis de costos de los productos asignados. Integrará datos de diversas fuentes para crear estimaciones justificables que influyan directamente en las decisiones de abastecimiento, las contrapartidas de diseño y las negociaciones con los proveedores.

En este puesto, impulsará los resultados elaborando casos de negocio atractivos que convenzan a las partes interesadas de adoptar estrategias optimizadas en cuanto a costos. Se espera que demuestre un dominio avanzado de las herramientas de modelado de costos y que asuma la responsabilidad de mejorar los procesos del equipo. Este puesto ofrece la oportunidad de influir en la toma de decisiones al presentar información lógica basada en datos en foros interfuncionales.

Este puesto está ubicado de manera remota en México y reporta al gerente de Cost Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Knowledge Base: Independently applies manufacturing principles and maintains a working knowledge of material properties, key manufacturing processes, and cost drivers without frequent guidance.
• Presentation & Storytelling: Builds and presents a compelling business case to explain component cost analysis and persuade stakeholders to use the output to generate financial opportunities.
• Technical Skills: Demonstrates advanced usage of aPriori and/or Costdata, autonomously modifying cost estimate process setups and options while leveraging the full toolchain (PLM, CATIA, etc.).
• Organizational Influence & Outreach: Advises outcomes to direct counterparts and uses data-driven insights to directly influence the work of peers.
• Direction: Manages day-to-day responsibilities and assigned projects with minimal guidance, identifying and managing personal priorities in urgent situations.

• Base de conocimientos: aplicar de forma autónoma los principios de manufactura y poseer conocimientos prácticos de las propiedades de los materiales, los procesos de manufactura clave y los procesos de costos, sin necesidad de instrucciones frecuentes.
• Presentación y narración: desarrollar y presentar un caso de negocio atractivo para explicar el análisis de costos de los componentes y convencer a las partes interesadas para que utilicen los resultados para generar oportunidades financieras.
• Habilidades técnicas: demostrar un uso avanzado de aPriori o Costdata, modificando de forma autónoma los ajustes y opciones de los procesos de estimación de costos, aprovechando a la vez la cadena de herramientas completa (PLM, CATIA, etc.).
• Influencia organizacional y divulgación: informar de los resultados a sus homólogos directos y apoyarse en conclusiones basadas en datos para ejercer influencia directa en el trabajo de sus colegas.
• Dirección: gestionar las responsabilidades del día a día y los proyectos asignados con un mínimo de orientación, identificando y gestionando las prioridades personales en situaciones de urgencia.

Qualifications

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.
• Domain Expertise: Understands how their work informs sourcing decisions, design trade-offs, and supplier negotiations, providing foundational data-driven input to cross-functional teams.
• Commodity-Specific Experience: Interior content – Seat Assembly, Hard Trim, Soft Trim (cutting, sewing, wrapping), Seat structures
• Technical Skills: Advanced user of various systems with the ability to conduct larger-scale gap analysis to identify focus areas and outliers.
• Communication: Confidently fields questions from peers and is learning to tailor their communication style to different audiences.
• Execution: Proactively communicates issues that have an impact outside of Cost Engineering, flagging risks and opportunities to the relevant teams.
• Operational Style: Consistently uses first principles to drive change and responds actively to feedback from senior team members to close skill gaps.
• Travel Requirements: Ability and willingness to travel as needed based on business needs, up to 25%.

• Educación y experiencia: licenciatura en Ingeniería o un campo relacionado y un mínimo de 3 años de experiencia relevante.
• Experiencia en el campo: comprender cómo su trabajo influye en las decisiones de abastecimiento, las contrapartidas de diseño y las negociaciones con los proveedores, aportando información fundamental basada en datos a equipos multifuncionales.
• Experiencia específica en categorías de productos: Contenido de interior: conjunto de asientos, revestimientos rígidos, tapicería (corte, costura, revestimiento), estructuras de asientos
• Habilidades técnicas: usuario avanzado de diversos sistemas, con la capacidad de realizar análisis de deficiencias a mayor escala, a fin de identificar áreas prioritarias y valores atípicos.
• Comunicación: responder con seguridad a las preguntas de sus colegas y saber adaptar su estilo de comunicación a los distintos públicos.
• Ejecución: comunicar de forma proactiva aquellos problemas con un impacto más allá de Cost Engineering, señalando los riesgos y las oportunidades a los equipos pertinentes.
• Estilo operacional: basarse continuamente en los principios fundamentales para impulsar el cambio y responder de forma activa a los comentarios de los miembros sénior del equipo, con el objetivo de subsanar las carencias de competencias.
• Necesidad de viajar: capacidad y disponibilidad para viajar según se requiera en función de las necesidades del negocio, de hasta el 25%. 

Pay Disclosure

The salary range for this role is 592,100 MXN - 740,138 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 592,100 MXN - 740,138 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].

Candidate Data Privacy and Technology

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.