About the role
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We are looking for an experienced leader to be our Head of AV HW Mechanical Design and lead our world class team of engineers
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In this role you will be responsible for the research, design, and delivery of our autonomous hardware solutions that enable Nuro’s autonomous driving systems
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This work spans electronics packaging, sensor packaging, vehicle integrations, and sensor weather mitigation, and success requires the ability to manage the full product lifecycle, key partnerships with electrical and software engineering counterparts, and long term R&D efforts
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Leading this team will also require strong organizational and communications skills
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You will be responsible for managing a large engineering team working across multiple product lines, driving a culture of accountability and technical rigor, and developing the people and processes of the team
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Define and own the mechanical design efforts across Nuro covering prototype development, product development, and long term R&D
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Ensure a high level of technical execution and delivery of our mechanical modules and solutions to our vehicle platform
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Drive cross-functional collaboration with electrical, software, planning, procurement, and production teams to ensure our products meet our high bar of excellence and performance
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Own and support the industrialization and manufacturing of our mechanical systems and modules from first prototype to production ramp
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Support and mentor individual contributors and managers with a focus on career development, culture building, technical rigor, and product excellence
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Collaborate closely with organization leadership and the TPM team to help define program timelines and prioritization across programs
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Ensure mechanical design efforts are meeting program milestones by driving critical cross-functional milestone reviews to the org and leadership
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Takes ownership of critical program issues to develop countermeasures, drive resolution, and monitor progress
Benefits
- Free Caltrain pass and commuter benefits
- Company stock options
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
Qualifications
- Professional engineering experience of 8+ years, with at least 3 years in a leadership role managing teams
- Demonstrated excellence in mechanical design and delivering complex mechanical products at low and high volumes
- Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and scale a world-class engineering organization
- Experience with automotive or consumer electronics product cycles, including qualification, validation, and high-volume manufacturing
- Self-starter with strong organizational, multi-tasking, and project management skills. Relentlessly resourceful, with a bias towards action
- B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a related technical field
- A strong communicator that can interact with working level engineers, internal leadership, and key external suppliers to advocate on behalf of mechanical design to produce the best possible product
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