Technical Program Management Intern - Product Management Product Development (Spring 2027 Co-Op)

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Rivian is hiring a Technical Program Management Intern for Product Management in Product Development. The role focuses on discovering engineering needs, defining and validating product requirements, prototyping an AI-assisted workflow, and preparing a technical handoff and evidence-based business case.

Responsibilities

Discover: Interview engineers to uncover real pain points — including needs they can't articulate themselves; translate into a structured requirement schema Define: Write the PRDs (interaction model, requirements, success metrics); mock up the concept before anything gets built Validate: Test mockups with real engineers on real requirements; revise the spec based on what actually builds trust, not just stated preferences Build: Use AI-assisted coding tools to prototype the core plan-approve-execute-cite loop; document what's real vs. simulated Hand off: Package the prototype into a technical spec engineering can act on; land a signed-off productionization plan Deliver business impact: Translate this module into a clear case for Rivian — faster, more reliable requirements-to-compliance work for PD engineers — backed by evidence, not assumptions, so leadership can confidently fund the next phase

Qualifications: You must be an undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited program during the internship term with an expected graduation date between December 2027 and 2029 No Visa Sponsorship Must be currently pursuing a bachelors, Masters, or MBA degree at an accredited university Technical fluency — can talk Design, Bill Of Materials, and hardware engineering lingo without a translator Hands-on AI-assisted coding experience — has experience building with Claude Code/Cursor/similar Sharp spec-writing & user research skills — can run interviews and write a PRD someone can build from with zero back-and-forth Track record of technical handoff — experience with having engineers build from their written spec

Benefits: Paid vacation Paid sick leave Medical insurance benefits