The California workforce reduction is the second in the last year for the EV maker, making for combined cuts of around 800 employees.
Irvine-based Rivian Automotive has laid off 239 workers at its Irvine, Costa Mesa and Tustin operations as part of a cost-cutting measureNotices sent to the state Employment Development Department show the electric-vehicle automaker cut another 240 jobs at three Palo Alto facilities. That would bring the California total to 479, although the company estimated it would actually be closer to 476.
The staffing reductions will impact a variety of positions, including “trail” engineers, geometric design engineers and mechanical engineers, as well as others involved in support services, digital surfacing, security, purchasing, program management, customer service, supply chain service and software engineering.
Rivian said assembly line workers at its manufacturing plant in Normal, Illinois will not be affected by the job cuts. Irvine-based Rivian Automotive is reducing its headcount by 6% in a cost-savings measure. In California, that has amounted to an estimated 479 layoffs, according to state records.
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