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Staff Mechanical Design Engineer - Optical Sensors

Aurora
Mountain View, California
Full Time
Posted October 14, 2025
$181k - $290k
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Job Description

The role involves designing, validating, and overseeing the development of opto-mechanical enclosures and sensors for automotive applications, collaborating with manufacturing partners, and supporting high-volume production of advanced optical sensors for self-driving vehicles.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and validate opto-mechanical enclosures for automotive sensors to meet performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost requirements
  • Collaborate with contract manufacturers to initiate mass production tooling and oversee engineering builds for high-volume manufacturing
  • Perform engineering analysis and testing of opto-mechanical sensor performance, documenting and presenting findings
  • Prototype and validate next-generation automotive sensors through hands-on testing
  • Create 3D models, 2D drawings, and engineering BOMs using CAD tools like CATIA
  • Conduct basic structural thermal analysis using hand calculations and FEA tools
  • Evaluate and characterize optical elements and mounts
  • Apply geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) standards in specifications
  • Manage relationships with suppliers and support production ramp-up

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
  • A minimum of 7 years of industry experience in Opto-Mechanical Design.
  • Strong background in mechanical engineering, optics, mounting of optical components, and packaging.
  • Skilled in the use of solid modeling CAD tools, ideally CATIA.
  • Experience with optical analysis, including sequential and non-sequential analysis, using Zemax or equivalent tool.
  • Experience working directly with and managing relationships with suppliers, ideally automotive OEMs and/or Asia-based Contract Manufacturers.
  • Proven strong analytical and hands-on engineering skills.
  • Understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing methods and conventions in accordance with ASME 14.5-2009.
  • Ability to work in a hands-on prototyping and test environment.
  • Excellent oral, written, and communication skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills.
  • Experience conducting FEA thermal and structural analysis, ideally with ANSYS Workbench.
  • Experience in automotive cameras and sensors is a plus.
  • Experience with Matlab or Python or equivalent tool is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: $181,000.00 - $290,000.00 per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)

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