Rivian
My Role
- Led engineering of Hangout Lights, a companion lighting product to the Travel Kitchen, from concept through start of production
- Partnered with Industrial Design to integrate electrical components and mechanisms into a-surfaces ensuring design-production harmony
- Managed supplier from vendor selection through DVP testing and start of production, leading to on time launch within margin target
- Designed quarter turn mechanism to integrate lights into Travel Kitchen, considering clamp force, tolerance stack, and cycle count
- Conducted outdoor prototype testing to validate use cases and evaluate feature set, synthesizing research into action items
