Durability Modeling & Simulation Engineer

About the Role

• Early-career position in Durability Analytics and Targets team.
• Work alongside and learn from senior team members.
• Analyze real-world, virtual, and test data.
• Develop first-principles physics, multibody dynamics, and data-science models to predict loads, vibration, and fatigue damage for suspension, body, and propulsion components.
• Answer the question: How do we design our vehicles to remain robust across diverse customer use cases over their entire lifecycle?

Key Responsibilities

Apply fundamentals in vehicle physics to:

• Assist in and develop multibody dynamics models to calculate loads on suspension, body, and propulsion components during vehicle operation.
• Estimate fatigue damage and derive component fatigue block cycles.
• Develop comprehensive vibration and shock requirements.

Learn and employ methods in data-science to:

• Model real-world vehicle usage and establish accurate durability targets.
• Develop reduced-order models to efficiently calculate vehicle loads and fatigue damage.
• Analyze wheel-force transducer data, accelerometer data to identify root cause of failures, develop accelerated duty cycles, and perform sensitivity studies.

Leverage AI and Coding Skills to:

• Automate processes such as component block cycle development and accelerated duty cycle development.
• Standardize Durability team’s inputs, outputs, and communication with cross-functional teams.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or Aerospace Engineering.
• Solid grasp of vehicle physics, mechanics of materials, fatigue, and modeling/simulation.
• Practical exposure through project-based work to modeling and simulation in MATLAB or Python.
• An analytical mindset coupled with clear and effective communication skills.
• Passion for Rivian’s mission.
• Familiarity with time-series analysis, clustering algorithms, and deep learning is advantageous.
• Exposure to MSC Adams, Simpack, nCode, or CarMaker is a plus.
• No Visa Sponsorship.

Note: This is an early-career position.