Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d) - Seating - Berlin, Germany

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d) - Seating - Berlin, Germany

Job Category: Engineering

Location: Berlin, Germany

Req. ID: 231493

Job Type: Full-time

What to Expect

As an Engineer in the Seating Engineering Department, you will be in charge of Design Engineering from concept to End of Life, as well as problem solving with existing products.

Today’s seating commodities include structures, mechanisms, actuators, cushions, wire harnesses, controllers, sensors, software, trims and so on. However, future seating solutions are not limited to these. Progression is targeted. A seat can be defined as a product which enables comfortable support for vehicular occupants.

Team members typically play dual roles as experts and polymaths. Each team member typically uses their particular expertise as a super power to complement the team. You shall be part of the Seating Engineering Team which resides within Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering Group.

What You’ll Do

As an integrated part of Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering team, you will conceptualize, design, engineer and manage Seating System parts and products. You shall be part and product responsible.

Primarily contributing to the team with your expertise on Structural components (stampings, welding, bolted joints, castings, engineering composites, etc.).

The essence of your job would be to exceed the automotive industry expectations for safety and usability of the Seating systems always based on engineering first principles while employing the Design Engineering process which includes the following:

1. Problem understanding and definition & target setting
2. Concept generation and evaluation & product strategy and architecture planning
3. Negotiation, balancing and management of product attributes including safety, functionality, comfort, aesthetics, cost, mass, schedule, sustainability
4. Validation and optimization through including prototype making, physical testing, CAE simulations, design reviews
5. 3D model and 2D drawing creation, Bill of Materials creation and detail design including datum & fixation strategy, GD&T, DFM
6. Collaboration with external organizations
7. Technical documentation creation for official use and communication
8. Schedule and milestone management

What You’ll Bring

1. Education background in Mechanical Engineering or similar
2. Evidence of exceptional ability
3. Design engineering experience with demonstrated interest in multidisciplinary engineering
4. Hands-on experience where you have built something
5. Automotive engineering with seating experience is preferred but not mandatory

When applying, please, attach a CV together with your engineering portfolio.

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