What are the responsibilities and job description for the Mechanical Engineer, Autonomous Vehicle position at Nuro?
Who We Are
Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.
About The Role
Own portions of the engineering development of the AV HW (Autonomous vehicle hardware), systems, structural components, cleaning & clearing solutions, the geometric package of the AV HW systems, integration of those systems to our prototype and production vehicles, and work with internal teams and external vendors and partners to bring these systems to our next generation vehicle platforms from concept through to production.
About The Work
At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
Nuro is a self-driving technology company on a mission to make autonomy accessible to all. Founded in 2016, Nuro is building the world’s most scalable driver, combining cutting-edge AI with automotive-grade hardware. Nuro licenses its core technology, the Nuro Driver™, to support a wide range of applications, from robotaxis and commercial fleets to personally owned vehicles. With technology proven over years of self-driving deployments, Nuro gives the automakers and mobility platforms a clear path to AVs at commercial scale—empowering a safer, richer, and more connected future.
About The Role
Own portions of the engineering development of the AV HW (Autonomous vehicle hardware), systems, structural components, cleaning & clearing solutions, the geometric package of the AV HW systems, integration of those systems to our prototype and production vehicles, and work with internal teams and external vendors and partners to bring these systems to our next generation vehicle platforms from concept through to production.
About The Work
- Own the engineering specification, targets, architecture, design, development, schedule, and release of AV HW and integration components, 3D CAD packages, and drawings.
- Work closely with ID to generate creative ideas and conduct feasibility studies resulting in an aesthetic and functional design.
- Assist the efforts of AV HW engineering teams at our OEM partners, and, with our PLM team, the CAD and data exchange with our OEM and supplier partners.
- Work closely with manufacturing as required to bring up production of components.
- Work closely with CAE and test teams to design and execute validation plans.
- Work closely with internal teams to support the development and bring up bucks, mules, and prototypes, support vehicle builds, identify issues and work to achieve best solutions.
- Drive part quality improvements, cost reductions, and efficiency improvements.
- Communicate technical decisions, development plans, and ongoing issues to management.
- Role may require up to quarter-time travel domestically and internationally.
- Own the engineering specification, targets, architecture, design, development, schedule, and release of AV HW and integration components, 3D CAD packages, and drawings.
- Work closely with ID to generate creative ideas and conduct feasibility studies resulting in an aesthetic and functional design.
- Assist the efforts of AV HW engineering teams at our OEM partners, and, with our PLM team, the CAD and data exchange with our OEM and supplier partners.
- Work closely with manufacturing as required to bring up production of components.
- Work closely with CAE and test teams to design and execute validation plans.
- Work closely with internal teams to support the development and bring up bucks, mules, and prototypes, support vehicle builds, identify issues and work to achieve best solutions.
- Drive part quality improvements, cost reductions, and efficiency improvements.
- Communicate technical decisions, development plans, and ongoing issues to management.
- Role may require up to quarter-time travel domestically and internationally.
- Prefer 3 years of experience in mechanical design, vehicle body systems, and an interest in vehicle mechanical packaging with strong background in functional areas such as Autonomous Sensors, Autonomous control HW, EV Powertrain, Chassis, Structures, Exteriors, Interiors, HV and LV electrical systems and associated design criteria.
- Prefer experience with studio design process and automotive industrial design.
- Ability to run static structural simulations and validations is a plus.
- Experience designing to GD&T standards, and incorporating parameter and tolerance design concepts.
- Familiarity with the full product development process, from initial concept to production release.
- Familiarity with a wide range of manufacturing processes such as stamping, casting and injection molding. Experience with composites is a plus.
- Experience designing for a wide range of materials with ability to optimize for cost, weight, strength/durability, and thermals, using both FEA and hand calculations.
At Nuro, we celebrate differences and are committed to a diverse workplace that fosters inclusion and psychological safety for all employees. Nuro is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and expressly prohibits any form of workplace discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
Salary : $114,000 - $171,000