Senior Mechanical Engineer

The role

You will engineer support structures for the sensor stack and aesthetic covers. You will lead mechanical design and analysis from ideation to drawing release for subsystems and complex component assemblies.

What you will do

• Lead engineering efforts for mechanical design and analysis from ideation to drawing release
• Take ownership of subsystems or complex component assemblies on and off vehicles
• Perform FE analyses on design to validate against use case
• Champion DFM, DFA and DFS efforts during the design cycle
• Collaborate with validation team in creation and execution of test plan
• Perform detailed calculations of selected components
• Perform tolerance stack-up analysis and use appropriate GD&T strategy
• Work on cooling solutions for sensors and other electronic components
• Own the BOM for design and work with procurement and manufacturing
• Build and bring-up prototype vehicles

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience designing and analyzing complex mechanical structures and integration of hardware
• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Mechatronics or an equivalent field
• Delivered multiple parts, subsystem(s) or system(s) to production successfully
• Experience in automotive or transportation sector, dealing with larger assemblies and parts
• Excellent skills for 3D CAD design and 2D drafting per ASME Y14.5
• Experience in FE analysis
• Experience working in an engineering process environment eg. using PDM and PLM, creating ECOs, generating BOMs, CM etc.
• Expertise in creating Aluminum and steel designs, with a focus on sheet metal fabrication, welded design, extrusions and machined design
• Expertise in tolerance stacking, especially linear and simple 2D stacks
• Working knowledge of ISO 26262 and its relevance to integration of E&E components
• Expertise in component selection and specification (seals, fasteners, materials, coatings etc.)
• Hands-on Engineer able and willing to use hand tools including drills, brake presses, oscillating saws, grinders, rotary tools etc.

Nice to have

• Experience in design of heat sinks, heat exchangers, thermal design and CFD
• Experience working with sensors like Lidars, Radars, Camera, GNSS etc
• Experience working with sensor cleaning and sensor protection solutions
• Working knowledge of a scripting language like python, go, perl, etc.
• Working knowledge of optics, have worked with cameras and lidars in the past
• Working knowledge of harness routing, have experience working with harness engineers
• Understanding of E&E basics like power draw, high data rate cables, connectors, etc.
• NX preferred

Before you apply

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About the company

Gatik is a leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics providing autonomous transportation-as-a-service solutions. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers using proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology.