AV Mechanical Design, Manager
Lead the AV Hardware Mechanical Design team at Nuro, owning research, design, and delivery of autonomous hardware including electronics/sensor packaging, vehicle integration, and weather mitigation. Requires 8+ years engineering experience (3+ in leadership), mechanical design expertise, and automotive/electronics manufacturing background.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Define and own the mechanical design efforts across Nuro covering prototype development, product development, and long term R&D.
- Ensure a high level of technical execution and delivery of our mechanical modules and solutions to our vehicle platform.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration with electrical, software, planning, procurement, and production teams to ensure our products meet our high bar of excellence and performance.
- Own and support the industrialization and manufacturing of our mechanical systems and modules from first prototype to production ramp.
- Support and mentor individual contributors and managers with a focus on career development, culture building, technical rigor, and product excellence.
- Collaborate closely with organization leadership and the TPM team to help define program timelines and prioritization across programs.
- Ensure mechanical design efforts are meeting program milestones by driving critical cross-functional milestone reviews to the org and leadership.
- Takes ownership of critical program issues to develop countermeasures, drive resolution, and monitor progress.
Requirements
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Professional engineering experience of 8+ years, with at least 3 years in a leadership role managing teams.
- Demonstrated excellence in mechanical design and delivering complex mechanical products at low and high volumes.
- Experience with automotive or consumer electronics product cycles, including qualification, validation, and high-volume manufacturing.
- A strong communicator that can interact with working level engineers, internal leadership, and key external suppliers to advocate on behalf of mechanical design to produce the best possible product.
- Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and scale a world-class engineering organization.
- Self-starter with strong organizational, multi-tasking, and project management skills. Relentlessly resourceful, with a bias towards action.
Compensation
- Base pay range: $176,400 - $264,600 (depends on experience, qualifications, education, location, and skills).
- Eligible for annual performance bonus, equity, and competitive benefits package.
Skills
Mechanical Design, Mechanical Engineering, Automotive Electronics, Consumer Electronics, High-Volume Manufacturing, Product Lifecycle Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Team Leadership, Mentoring, Project Management
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