Mechanical Engineer, Autonomous Vehicle

Nuro•Mountain View, CA

7d•$120,270 - $180,410

About The Position

Nuro is seeking an experienced mechanical designer to join their Autonomous Vehicle Hardware group. This role involves the research, design, and delivery of autonomous hardware solutions, including electronics and sensor packaging, technology development, and vehicle integrations. The successful candidate will develop hardware solutions that enable Nuro's L4 autonomy system across various platforms and conditions.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in mechanical design with a proven track record on design, build, and test of electro-mechanical hardware.
Experience working across the entire production pipeline from personally hand building prototypes to working with quality and manufacturing teams in mass production factory environments.
Experience using a wide range of manufacturing processes from small scale to high volume, such as rapid prototyping, sheet metal, injection molding, machining, and casting.
Experience designing for a wide range of materials with ability to create optimal geometry based on cost, weight, strength/durability, and thermal analysis, using both FEA and hand calculations.
Experience working with reliability teams to create/execute test plans that validate your designs.
Experience working with fabrication and module vendors to communicate design requirements, incorporate DFM feedback, manage initial production runs, and oversee validation testing.
Self-starter with strong communication and organizational skills — relentlessly resourceful, with a bias towards action.
Proficiency with CAD is a must.
Willing and able to support infrequent domestic and international travel.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with UG NX is a plus.

Responsibilities

Own the engineering design, development, and release of autonomous hardware necessary to enable the Nuro Driver system across customer platforms.
Lead the specification and integration in collaboration with our vehicle partners to ensure platform integrations meet the performance needs of our Nuro Driver system and satisfy customer product requirements.
Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams to develop and execute sensing and electronics architecture for self-driving robots designed for mass deployment on public roads.
Lead efforts to benchmark performance, integration, and reliability of available electronics technologies that drives internal make vs. buy decisions.
Own the identification and key suppliers to bring ideas from concept to production readiness.
Manage designed parts and assemblies through proof-of-concept validation up through production readiness.
Drive part quality improvements, cost reductions, and efficiency improvements.
Communicate technical decisions, development plans, and ongoing issues to management.