Staff Product Designer - Vehicle Experience

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. 

You will champion and deliver user experience design across Rivian’s future-forward digital offerings. You will focus on complex features that live across the vehicle interface and the mobile app. This role centers on designing and delivering intuitive, thorough, and delightful interactions. You will become very knowledgeable on key functions in the product, understanding the underlying hardware or mechanical aspects in order to design for these elements.

Working a hybrid onsite schedule at our Palo Alto Digital Studio offices, you will collaborate with design, engineering, product, and hardware teams to distill experience goals into concrete requirements. Candidates strongly preferred with significant experience in shipping complex software and hardware products.

• Lead UX/UI design for key features in the Rivian vehicle and mobile experience.
• Experience with automotive UX design or other complex hardware/software products is a
• plus.
• Familiarity with designing companion mobile app features is a plus.
• Translate desired experiences into clear, actionable requirements.
• Collaborate deeply with product managers and engineering partners.
• Benchmark industry UI/UX and feature offerings as needed to ensure designs are
• unique and pushing the envelope in the industry.
• Present design concepts to leadership and cross-functional teams, advocating for a
• user-centered approach.
• Deliver high quality, organized production files and provide any and all clarifications
• needed to engineering partners.
• QA your designs in the vehicle and app to pixel perfect final execution.

Portfolio Required: Include a link to your portfolio showcasing relevant credentials and work samples that demonstrate expertise for this role. Applications without a portfolio link & access will not be considered.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Interaction Design, Human Factors, Product Design, or related discipline.
• 7+ years’ experience delivering end-to-end digital UX for an automotive company, digital technology company or similar domains.
• Strong portfolio highlighting UX solutions relating to those requirements.
• Deep proficiency with digital UX design and prototyping tools. (Figma, ProtoPie, or similar)
• Proficiency with AI workflows and AI prototypes is a big plus.
• Proven ability to collaborate with user research.
• Collaborative mindset—easily partners with product, engineering, and design teams spanning hardware, embedded software, and cloud environments.
• Comfort with mobile OS design considerations and frameworks is a plus.
• Excellent communication and documentation abilities, able to articulate complex hardware/software UX strategies.

The salary range for this role is $167,400 - $209,300 for California based applicants. 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. 

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time employees, their spouse or domestic partner, and children up to age 26, including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and a competitive portfolio of insurance benefits including life, medical, dental, vision, short-term disability insurance, and long-term disability insurance to eligible employees. You may also have the opportunity to participate in Rivian’s 401(k) Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program if you meet certain eligibility requirements. Full-time employee coverage is effective on their first day of employment. Part-time employee coverage is effective the first of the month following 90 days of employment. More information about benefits is available at rivianbenefits.com. 

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  View email address on ev.careers .

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.

Rivian may share your Candidate Personal Data with (i) internal personnel who have a need to know such information in order to perform their duties, including individuals on our People Team, Finance, Legal, and the team(s) with the position(s) for which you are applying; (ii) Rivian affiliates; and (iii) Rivian’s service providers, including providers of background checks, staffing services, and cloud services.

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.

Please note that we are currently not accepting applications from third party application services.