# Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation

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 Vehicle Validation at Rivian ensures every product delivers exceptional function, quality, reliability, and real-world performance. We perform verification and validation against data-driven requirements that reflect how our customers use our vehicles, connecting DFMEAs, requirements, and validation plans into a cohesive, decision-oriented process. As a Staff Technical Program Manager, Vehicle Validation, you will lead the vehicle-level validation roadmap across programs from concept through launch and beyond. You will provide the program management spine that aligns vehicle-level DVPs, validation assets and build plans, cross-functional timing, risk, and r

- **Id**: 2251414
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/rivian-staff-technical-program-manager-vehicle-validation>
- **Role**: Product
- **Role family**: Product
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Irvine, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-15T00:39:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-06T13:21:26Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 54
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 9483
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Automotive Manufacturing, Automotive Components

## 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**: 34
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.824
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 34
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 154000
- **Max**: 192500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 192500

## Technologies

- **Confluence** — Optional: no
- **Jira** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 54

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 8
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

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

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-11T02:24:43Z

## 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

## Liveness

- **Score**: 21
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.573
- **P room**: 0.36
- **Age days**: 54
- **Expected fill days**: 34
- **Reasons**: conf:40, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 192500
- **Is top pay**: no

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