Staff Mechanical Engineer, Advanced Engineering

The Advanced Engineering team is responsible for product development prior to a formal program kick off. We develop the engineering solutions and technological innovations necessary to enable exceptional freedom of product design. As a Staff Mechanical Engineer on the Advanced Engineering team, you will architect vehicle concepts to help realize groundbreaking products for the future of electric vehicles.

This role will be filled by either a Vehicle Architecture expert, or a Technical Specialist in one area of automotive mechanical engineering such as Structures, Chassis, Suspension, or Powertrain who has the interest and insight to adopt a full vehicle perspective and lead product definition.

The ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about engineering, decomposes problems down to fundamentals, strives for excellence, manages uncertainties, collaborates respectfully, and has the willingness to put in the extra effort to create exceptional products.

Role:

· Develop vehicle architecture from a blank page to concept design and engineering validation.

· Optimize mechanical, structural, and systems architectures for size, weight, performance, and cost.

· Quickly CAD/sketch parts for systems across the vehicle which may include body structures, chassis, suspension, battery, interiors, exteriors, and ergonomics.

· Navigate ambiguity, balancing concept-phase assumptions and risks to deduce options for engineering trade studies and define winning business cases.

· Collaborate cross-functionally with subject-matter experts and attribute owners across the company such as vehicle safety, vehicle dynamics, NVH, durability, and manufacturing.

Qualifications:

· 8+ years of mechanical engineering experience

· Automotive experience specialized in structures, chassis, suspension, powertrain, manufacturing, or vehicle architecture.

· Proficiency in CAD modeling. CATIA preferred.

Advantages:

· A well-informed perspective of the consumer automotive industry

· Experience in defining vehicle architecture, product attributes, and engineering requirements

· Understanding of vehicle crash safety principles

· Understanding of NVH and durability principles

· Knowledge of automotive industry joining technologies

· Experience in automotive component manufacturing processes such as extrusions, castings, stampings, injection molding, etc.

· Experience in automotive assembly manufacturing

· A strong understanding of physics and material science

· A familiarity with various analysis and optimization tools such as ADAMS, ANSYS, OptiStruct, MatLab, LS DYNA, etc.