Mechanical Engineer, Camera & Optical Modules

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own end-to-end mechanical design for camera and optical assemblies, including requirements, architecture, concept selection, CAD, drawings, specifications, tolerance analysis, BOMs, and production release.
• Translate perception, optical, electrical, environmental, and aircraft-level requirements into measurable mechanical requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Establish datum, alignment, and calibration strategies that control lens-to-sensor focus, tilt, decenter, optical-axis orientation, stereo baseline, and camera-to-vehicle boresight.
• Develop tolerance models that connect component and assembly variation to image-quality and perception outcomes, including focus retention, modulation transfer, calibration accuracy, and field-of-view stability.
• Design lightweight housings, mounts, lens barrels, optical-window interfaces, thermal paths, shields, seals, vents, and connector interfaces for high-volume production.
• Integrate image sensors, lenses, filters, PCBAs, SerDes electronics, flex circuits, connectors, heaters, cleaning devices, and local sensors into robust modules.
• Design for rain, dust, mud, insects, condensation, fogging, icing, UV exposure, cleaning chemicals, and other contamination modes that can degrade optical performance.
• Evaluate hydrophobic and oleophobic coatings, protective windows, heaters, air-based cleaning, ultrasonic cleaning, shutters, and other contamination-control approaches.