Job Description
The Senior Hardware NPI Engineer at Aurora is responsible for guiding hardware development from concept to low-volume production, ensuring manufacturing processes, quality standards, and cross-functional collaboration to support the company's self-driving technology initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Guide hardware from concept review to low-volume manufacturing, including design review and process selection.
- Develop and maintain manufacturing standards, design guidelines, and documentation such as control plans, BOMs, work instructions, and process flow diagrams.
- Support and lead manufacturing process validation activities, including APQP phases, process validation, and PPAPs.
- Research and implement new manufacturing fabrication processes, advising design engineers on their use.
- Coordinate cross-functional design reviews and act as liaison between engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams.
- Lead or participate in continuous improvement activities like Kaizen to optimize processes and products.
- Conduct rapid problem-solving for prototype and production manufacturing challenges, including design for manufacturing and assembly.
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years experience in an engineering role with experience working in low to high volume production environments.
- Experience with launching hardware products and the product life cycle, and selecting the right-sized process based on the needs of the program.
- Experience working with supply chain and vendors, with bonus points for experience in design engineering and new product introduction.
- Working knowledge of GD T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing).
- Experience with 3D CAD and PDM/PLM systems, preferably Catia, Solidworks, and Enovia EPDM.
- Ability to live and work in a high output, constantly evolving environment wearing many hats that include everything from concepts to sustaining engineering.
- Extensive design experience that can be leveraged to work successfully with cross-functional partners like the internal design team and external contract manufacturers (CMs).
- Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing.
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 35%, including evening conference calls with contract manufacturers in Asia 2-3 times a week.
Benefits & Perks
Base salary range of $115,000 - $184,000 per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Hybrid work environment with in-office presence at least 3 days per week
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