Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Automotive Compute Hardware

Aurora Innovation; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 217,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity compensation

Benefits

Job summary

Aurora Innovation in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for the Compute Product Engineering team to help develop the Aurora Driver Module and its integration into vehicle architectures.

You will lead mechanical design from concept through mass production, interfacing with ECUs and PCBAs, ensuring manufacturability and safety in harsh environments, and collaborating with electrical, reliability, and manufacturing teams.

Qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering with 4+ years of experience.
• Experience designing mechanical parts interfacing with electrical components.
• Experience with high volume manufacturing processes and harsh environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to perform tolerance analysis using Worst Case / RSS.
• Great documentation and presentation skills.
• Willingness to travel 3–4 times per year.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design of the compute module and its integration into vehicle architecture.
• Drive robust, manufacturable designs for safety-critical environments.
• Collaborate with electrical, reliability, and manufacturing teams.
• Support and sustain electro-mechanical assemblies from concept to mass production.

Skills

CAD design

GD&T

2D drawing creation

Electronics packaging experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Tolerance analysis

Presentation skills

Education

BS / MS in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Catia 3DX

Job description

Aurora Innovation in Mountain View, CA is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for the Compute Product Engineering team to help develop the Aurora Driver Module and its integration into vehicle architectures.

You will lead mechanical design from concept through mass production, interfacing with ECUs and PCBAs, ensuring manufacturability and safety in harsh environments, and collaborating with electrical, reliability, and manufacturing teams.