Senior Mechanical Engineer: Product Development & Equity

Waymo; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus program

Equity incentive plan

Company benefits program

Job summary

Waymo is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead hardware design across the lifecycle from concept to mass production for its autonomous driving platform. The role reports to a Staff Mechanical Engineer on the Hardware Engineering team in Mountain View, CA.

The candidate should have 5+ years of mechanical design experience, expertise in Catia V6 or SolidWorks, and a solid grounding in GD&T and tolerance analysis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of mechanical design experience in consumer electronics, automotive sensors, or related complex product design.
• Proficiency in 3D CAD tools Catia V6 and SolidWorks.
• Experience designing metal, plastic, and elastomer parts with a strong grasp of tolerance analysis and GD&T.
• Ability to apply foundational physics to design problems with structural, thermal, and optical constraints.
• 7+ years of mechanical design experience preferred, with track record of shipping reliable product designs.

Responsibilities

• Create real-world hardware solutions: driving through the product life-cycle from initial concepts and prototyping through tooling and mass production.
• Mechanical engineering design: for performance, cost, reliability- including rapid prototyping, thermals, considerations for EMI/EMC, IP-ratings.
• Collaborate cross-functionally: partnering with electrical, manufacturing, vehicle, and industrial design teams to develop modules that meet business needs.
• Design for scale: create robust parts using various materials while managing tolerance analysis, GD&T, BOMs, and PLM release processes.

Skills

5+ years experience

First-principles thinking

Tolerance analysis

GD&T

Education

B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Catia V6

SolidWorks

Job description

Waymo is seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead hardware design across the lifecycle from concept to mass production for its autonomous driving platform. The role reports to a Staff Mechanical Engineer on the Hardware Engineering team in Mountain View, CA.

The candidate should have 5+ years of mechanical design experience, expertise in Catia V6 or SolidWorks, and a solid grounding in GD&T and tolerance analysis.