Exciting, Engaging and Empowering. - Development Engineer Rivian Employee Review

5.0
Apr 8, 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The team. The fun work environment. The creative, collaborative culture. The fact that your voice is heard and your input actually makes its way into the design/program. Because we are a start-up, it has been thrilling to watch the company grow from where we were 5 years ago to where we are today and it excites me to think where we will be in 5 more years.

Cons

Because we are a small team, each person is held responsible for a large amount of their subsystem, which can be overwhelming if you are used to having a small role in a large company.

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Pros

Great learning opportunity, fun work, good people

Cons

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2.0
Jun 17, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Great exposure to the product - Amazing teammates, boots on the ground collaboration - Onboarding is really well done - they take this part seriously and I appreciate that.

Cons

- Limited growth - Constantly worried whether your department is getting laid off. - I've worked at plenty of other startups and EV companies and this one is by far the worst. - Zero job security unless you're JR

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