Senior Seating and Restraints Architecture Engineer

Waymo•Mountain View, CA

3h•$196,000 - $242,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Hardware Engineering is a diverse, innovative, and collaborative group of electrical, mechanical, reliability, software and vehicle engineers. We design, build, and perfect the products which are the eyes and ears of Waymo's autonomous driving technology, and integrate those products into vehicle platforms. This role is to take us further into the future of custom vehicle development for optimized customer experiences. This role follows a hybrid work scheduling and you will report to a Director, Concepts and Pre Program Development.

Requirements

7 + years of related experience in the field of automotive seating and restraints concept development and execution
Proven experience with seating comfort assessment and have hands-on experience with both subjective as well as quantitative methods of evaluations
Understanding of FMVSS, ECE, NCAP, IIHS regulation and test protocols to use an inputs in the creation restraints concepts
Experience with RAMSIS, CAVA, and Catia CAD tools to create, integrate and maintain 2D/3D seat concept layout and input into the Design Studio and CAE Analysis teams
Proven ability to create and negotiate targets and requirements with OEMs and partner companies/suppliers
Ability to work in an ambiguous world and find a path forward to resolve seemingly conflicting requirements

Nice To Haves

Min Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Masters is preferred
Experience in the future mobility sector, e.g. outside of the traditional OEM/personal car ownership model
Experience at more than one OEM, to give a broader perspective of Product Development methodologies
Experience in occupant package and vehicle layout specific to electric vehicles
An interest in the Autonomous Vehicle sector and how it is shaping future mobility

Responsibilities

Work with suppliers and partner OEMs along with Waymo’s Product and ID teams to lead the concept and architecture development of unique seating systems which are optimized for ride hailing vehicles
Set comfort targets and work on novel seat comfort concepts which are optimized for ride hailing vehicles to achieve these targets
Benchmark competitor vehicles to validate these targets and ensure that when it comes to occupant accommodation, ergonomics, and comfort, Waymo vehicles are class leading
Support the optimization of ingress/egress for a highly diverse demographic across novel cabin topologies
Lead the concept development of restrain systems to allow unique cabin configurations
Support the development and execution of user clinics designed to optimize seat and restraint comfort for the purposes of ride hailing