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Staff Mechanical Design Engineer, Vehicle Integration

$200K–$221K

Palo Alto · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Jun 16, 2025

Experience
5+ years designing mechanical parts that made it into production; experience across a vehicle program’s full lifecycle, from concept-stage packaging through launch.
Education
Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Own vehicle architecture and layout from concept through production, integrating components and balancing styling, cost, mass, manufacturability, performance, service, and reliability.

What you'll do

  • Design and package components, develop packaging master sections, and manage top-level product CAD and BOM through release.
  • Lead integration and virtual build reviews, aligning design trade-offs and manufacturing signoff.
  • Support prototypes and pre-series production; perform tolerance stack-up analysis and apply GD&T.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • Experience across a vehicle program’s full lifecycle, from concept-stage packaging through launch.
  • 5+ years designing mechanical parts that reached production, with accountability for their performance.
  • Experience with PLM platforms such as 3DEXPERIENCE and Teamcenter; able to own GD&T and tolerance stack-up work.

Nice to have

  • CATIA experience.
  • Broad fabrication knowledge, ranging from metal fabrication to printed circuit board design.

Pay

$200,000 - $221,000 per year (USD, base salary)

Tools

CATIA, 3DEXPERIENCE, Teamcenter, GD&T, CAD, BOM

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