{"id":2251506,"url":"https://alion.io/job/rivian-lead-cost-engineer-electrical","title":"Lead Cost Engineer - Electrical","company":{"id":37817,"name":"Rivian","domain":"rivian.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/rivian","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Jibe","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":88,"open_postings":118,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.483,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":54,"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"}},"role":"Industrial Engineering","role_family":"Industrial Engineering","seniority":"lead","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Mexico"],"countries":["MX"],"hiring_countries":["MX"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":{"min":751700,"max":939653,"currency":"MXN","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":51185},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":6,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":true,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-07-30T19:01:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-11","last_verified_at":"2026-10-15T01:05:36Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":76,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":76},"description":"About RivianRivian 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.\nAs 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.\nRole Summary\nThe 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.\nIn 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.\nThis position is based remotelyin Mexicoand reports toElectrical Cost Engineering Manager.\nEl 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.\nEn 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.\nEste puesto está ubicado de manera remota en México y reporta al gerente de ingeniería de costos eléctricos.\nResponsibilities\nKnowledge Base: Serves as the primary authority for assigned commodities, possessing deep knowledge covering strategic implications of cost drivers, manufacturing processes, and market trends.\nPresentation & Storytelling: Articulates the overall financial health, risks, and strategic opportunities of a portfolio of parts to a wider, non-expert audience.\nTechnical Skills: Expert in deconstructing highly complex assemblies and applying first principles to validate data and strategically influence business decisions.\nOrganizational Influence & Outreach: Serves as the go-to person for cost information and influences stakeholders by building a compelling narrative and data-driven business case.\nDirection: Acts instinctively to manage and effectively prioritize a complex workload with little manager input while persevering in the face of setbacks.\nBase 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.\nPresentación 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.\nHabilidades 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.\nInfluencia 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.\nDirección: 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.\nQualifications\nEducation and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field and a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience.\nDomain Expertise:Evaluates complex cost trade-offs, develops business cases for design changes, and uses financial data to actively influence sourcing and engineering strategies.\nCommodity-Specific Experience:Electric power conversion (motor), charging systems, mechatronic systems (sensors and switches)\nTechnical Skills:Acts as the primary technical mentor, providing expert-level training on all cost engineering tools and autonomously customizing modeling tools.\nCommunication:Defines and models how the Cost Engineering team communicates its value.\nExecution:Reaches beyond their defined scope to solve problems and implements systemic changes and improvements internal and external to their function.\nOperational Style:Consistently leads with first principles to identify and implement systemic changes and high-impact outcomes.\nTravel Requirements:Ability and willingness to travel as needed based on business needs, expected to average between 15-25 %.\nEducación y experiencia: licenciatura en Ingeniería o un campo relacionado y un mínimo de 6 años de experiencia relevante.\nExperiencia 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.\nExperiencia específica en categorías de productos: conversión de potencia eléctrica (motor), sistemas de carga, sistemas mecatrónicos (sensores e interruptores)\nHabilidades 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.\nComunicación: define y modela la manera en que el equipo de ingeniería de costos transmite su valor.\nEjecución: va más allá de su ámbito definido para resolver problemas e implementa cambios sistémicos y mejoras internas y externas a su departamento.\nEstilo operacional: lidera constantemente basándose en principios fundamentales para identificar e implementar cambios sistémicos y resultados de alto impacto.\nNecesidad de viajar: capacidad y disponibilidad para viajar según se requiera en función de las necesidades del negocio, con un promedio esperado del 15-25%.\nPay Disclosure\nThe 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.\nThe successful candidate may be eligible for annual performance bonus and equity awards.\nYou 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.\nWe offer a comprehensive package of benefits including major & minor medical, life insurance, and food vouchers to eligible employees.\nDivulgación salarial:\nLa banda salarial para este puesto oscila entre los 751,700MXN y los 939,653MXN 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.\nEl/la postulante que elijamos podrá optar a una bonificación anual por desempeño y a compensación accionaria.\nPuede 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.\nOfrecemos 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.\nEqual Opportunity\nRivian 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.\nRivian 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 .\nCandidate Data Privacy and Technology\nRivian 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. 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