Uber
Senior Manufacturing Design Engineer
$180K–$200K
Sunnyvale, California · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 26, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of MDE experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Industrial Technology.
About the job
Leads manufacturing design and prototyping for autonomous-vehicle technologies, including production tooling, manufacturing documentation, supplier fabrication, and shop-floor support.
What you'll do
- Design, validate, and deploy fixtures, jigs, and tooling; manage manufacturing bills of materials and engineering changes.
- Coordinate fabrication with machine shops and vendors, specifying materials and tolerances.
- Support production operators, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, and improve tooling for safety and cycle time.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or Industrial Technology.
- 5+ years of MDE experience leading multifunctional engineering teams through technical ambiguity, milestone planning, and release gating.
- Advanced proficiency in 3D CAD (Solidworks, NX or Catia) and deep understanding of core principles of GDT.
- Experience developing process DFMs, corrective actions, and failure analysis; hands-on support of a live production line; and managing hardware vendors and suppliers.
Nice to have
- Experience with specialty automotive build partners, prototype vehicle upfits, custom retrofits, or Tier-1/OEM integration programs.
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicle architecture, sensing platforms, vehicle integration, and bringups.
Pay
USD $180,000 per year - USD $200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Solidworks, NX, Catia, LiDAR, Radar, Cameras, GD&T
AI focus
Develops and validates manufacturing designs and prototype hardware for autonomous-vehicle technologies, including sensing platforms, compute architectures, and hardware-software integration.
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