Mechanical Engineer, Autonomous Vehicle

Nuro Nuro · Robotics · CA · AV Hardware Engineering

Nuro is seeking an experienced mechanical designer to research, design, and deliver autonomous hardware solutions for their self-driving technology company. This role involves electronics and sensor packaging, technology development, and vehicle integrations to support customer programs and enable the Nuro Driver system across various platforms and operational conditions.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own the engineering design, development, and release of autonomous hardware necessary to enable the Nuro Driver system across customer platforms.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Lead efforts to benchmark performance, integration, and reliability of available electronics technologies that drives internal make vs. buy decisions.
  5. Own the identification and key suppliers to bring ideas from concept to production readiness.

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in mechanical design
  • 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
  • Proficiency with CAD

Nice to have

  • familiarity with UG NX

What the JD emphasized

  • mass deployment on public roads