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Senior Launch Managers with Rivian Automotive, LLC in Normal, IL. Lead and participate in various cross-functional Program and Manufacturing Readiness forums. Provide clear updates on status and recovery plans as necessary at both working and executive level. Plan, organize, and orchestrate all pre-launch build activities. Develop production ramp up plan with operations teams. Manage and track all required activities and execution through managing risks and issues. Escalate issues and problems timely manner with key stakeholders and management. Build planning and creation of build plans based on organizational requirements, maintain the plan by chairing planning meetings, analyzing material risks, and navigating tradeoffs when conflicts in demand arise. Lead the operations readiness workstream, ensuring target objectives are met and escalate/develop recovery plans as needed. Interact, integrate, and drive results across cross-functional teams in engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, production, production control, sales, service, etc. Author project status, summary, and issue resolution tracking reports.\ \ RQMTS: Masters degree or foreign equivalent in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field and 2 years [or a Bachelors degree or foreign equivalent as stated above and 5 years] of experience in any occupation involving automotive design engineering. Must have experience with: Working with automotive interior manufacturing equipment and processes; CATIA V5/V6; Delivering multiple vehicle programs to production, with specific experience in Body engineering commodities; Advanced problem-solving techniques to determine containment, root cause analysis, countermeasure, and lessons learned; Working on the first-principles physics of Body systems including the loads, forces, overall function of the system, and key attributes. Email resume to Rivian Automotive, LLC, Attn: Mobility, Job Ref #: SLM24CDA, hrmobility@rivian.com.