Nuro
AV Hardware Mechanical Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- From $120.3k
- Mid level
- On-site · Mountain View, California (HQ)
- 2+ yrs exp
- Added 1 month ago
About this role
Nuro seeks an experienced mechanical engineer to design and deliver autonomous hardware solutions for Level 4 self-driving vehicles. You'll own the full lifecycle from concept through production, collaborating across teams to integrate sensors and electronics into customer platforms while ensuring reliability and manufacturability.
What you'll do
- Design, develop, and release autonomous hardware components enabling Nuro's Driver system across platforms
- Lead specification and integration with vehicle partners to meet performance and customer requirements
- Collaborate cross-functionally on sensing and electronics architecture for mass-deployed autonomous vehicles
- Benchmark electronics technologies and conduct make-vs-buy analysis
- Identify suppliers and manage components through validation to production readiness
- Drive quality improvements, cost reductions, and manufacturing efficiency
What they're looking for
- Mechanical design and CAD (UG NX preferred)
- Electro-mechanical hardware design, build, and test
- Manufacturing processes (rapid prototyping, sheet metal, injection molding, machining, casting)
- Material selection and analysis (FEA and hand calculations)
- Design for manufacturability and supplier collaboration
- Reliability testing and validation planning
- Thermal and structural analysis
- Production lifecycle management
Benefits
- Competitive base salary with performance bonus
- Equity compensation
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Work on cutting-edge Level 4 autonomous driving technology
- Collaborative, diverse team environment
- Opportunity to impact public safety and mobility
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Nuro
Nuro builds autonomous vehicle platforms and fleet operations systems, with a focus on reliability, safety, and over-the-air update infrastructure. The company is hiring reliability engineers, software engineers, and operations specialists to improve vehicle hardware resilience, enhance system automation, and ensure fleet operational excellence.
- Industry
- Technology & Software
Likely interview questions
- Walk us through a time you took a component from prototype to production—what were the biggest challenges and how did you overcome them?
- Describe your experience working with manufacturing partners on design for manufacturability; how do you handle DFM feedback that conflicts with your original design?