Senior Mechanical Design Engineer - Sensor Cleaning
Core
Design, integrate, and validate sensor cleaning systems to maintain the performance of cameras, lidars, and perception sensors on autonomous vehicles across various weather and contamination conditions.
Role type
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (Autonomous Vehicle Sensor Systems)
Builds
Sensor cleaning components, systems, mockups, proofs of concept, and functional prototypes for Zoox autonomous vehicles.
Domain
Automotive / Autonomous Vehicles / Mechanical Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Mechanical design fundamentals, plastic injection molding, sheet metal and machined parts design, tolerance stack-up analysis, fluid systems design, pneumatic systems design, thermal and heating system integration, 3D CAD proficiency (CATIA, NX, Creo, SolidWorks), DFMEA/DFA, DV/PV testing, APQP, PPAP.
Preferred skills
Optical sensor/ADAS system experience, fluid simulation and CFD tools experience.
Responsibilities
Develop sensor cleaning components and systems, perform packaging studies and reliability assessments, design and build prototypes, develop CAD models and engineering drawings, support test engineering and validation teams, collaborate with manufacturing and quality engineers to ramp production, maintain BOMs and build processes, collaborate with suppliers for prototypes and manufacturing readiness.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
