# Sr. Mechanical Design Engineer, ECU

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. 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 If you are aligned with this mission, we want you to join our team. We’re looking for a highly motivated, experienced, multi-disciplined, mechanical engineer to challenge what is possible in the development of our electronic hardware components. Help Rivian lead the way in the future of the EV industry. Responsibilities Support the mechanical development of ECUs, helping design our next gen internal compute Partner with domain teams and mechanical architecture team to define mechanical component requirements and complete trade studies to optimize integration for performance, manufacturing, and service. Develop PCB MCOs, enclosure designs, thermal management

- **Id**: 3486118
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rivian-sr-mechanical-design-engineer-ecu>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Palo Alto, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: closed
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T21:24:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-03
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T06:17:02Z
- **Board verified**: no
- **Closed at**: 2026-11-05T06:17:02Z
- **Days open**: 6
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8823
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Automotive Manufacturing

## Company

- **Id**: 37817
- **Name**: Rivian
- **Domain**: rivian.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/rivian>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Jibe

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 79
- **Open postings**: 36
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.833
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 117000
- **Max**: 146000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 146000

## Technologies

- **CATIA** — Optional: no
- **FMEA** — Optional: no
- **GD&T** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: not_scored
- **Days open**: 6

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T21:44:28Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-31T11:37:38Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-31T18:02:46Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-02T17:56:06Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-03T03:20:40Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-11-05T06:17:02Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 35 · green card filings: 12; Filings 12m: 35

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 146000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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