Waymo · 3 weeks ago
Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Engineering
Mountain View, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$196K/yr - $248K/yr
10+ years expWaymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. The Mechanical Engineer in Vehicle Engineering will design and engineer custom vehicle structures and collaborate with various teams and suppliers to ensure the successful production of Waymo vehicles.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)AutomotiveAutonomous VehiclesSensorTransportation
Responsibilities
Engineering custom vehicle structures and trim for the Waymo vehicles
Working closely with OEM partners to co-define changes to base vehicle architecture/ components for specific Waymo needs
Collaboratively working with internal Waymo partner teams, E.G. Styling, Product, System Architecture, Manufacturing, Supply Chain etc to understand their needs and Engineer solutions that meet their requirements
Interface with Tier One suppliers to bring designs to production reality, working through DFM feedback and quality expectations
Frequently create and present trade Matrices outlining different solutions to problems, based on options such as weight, cost (capital and piece price), package volume etc, ultimately resulting in a recommended path forward
Use your background in Vehicle Engineering to develop hardware in a range of materials and manufacturing technologies, including injection molding, castings, stampings, soft trim and hard trim
Qualification
Required
Experience Engineering vehicle structures as well as cosmetic A-Class components/ assemblies, designing to requirements such as first mode stiffness, cost targets, manufacturing tact time etc
~10 years of Product Design experience, having launched multiple car platforms successfully, ideally working on early concept stages through to production launch
Experience working with a range of manufacturing processes and materials, metals, plastics, composites
Current detailed knowledge of Catia (V5/V6), able to model in 3D and 2D to production ready designs
Ability to communicate up and down within the organisation including leadership, partner OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers
Demonstrated ability to identify, engage with and downselect supplier selection working with Supply chain and SQE
Preferred
Ability to read moldflow and interpret results to guide component and tooling design
Tool design history/ working at a tool design or injection molding company to optimize tooling design for part quality, timing and investment cost
PPAP quality process and how this is applied to automotive components
Benefits
Waymo’s discretionary annual bonus program
Equity incentive plan
Generous Company benefits program
Company
Waymo
Waymo is a mobility technology company that improves transportation by developing self-driving solutions for travelers and daily commuters. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$11.1BKey Investors
Alphabet
2024-07-23Series C· $5.6B
2021-06-16Series B· $2.5B
2020-05-12Series A· $750M
Leadership Team
Tekedra Mawakana
Co-Chief Executive Officer
Elisa de Martel
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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