Rivian boosts production by relocating engineers near Illinois factory.

Rivian is relocating parts of its manufacturing engineering team to its Illinois factory as part of a reorganization aimed at speeding up production. The move is expected to result in a significant portion of the engineering team that works on manufacturing-related tasks being asked to relocate from around the country to central Illinois or the company’s headquarters in Irvine, Calif. Rivian is under pressure to prove it can build its electric trucks at scale without having ramped up production before, as competition heats up from legacy auto makers.