Senior Mechanical Engineer, Vehicle Integration & Validation

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead system-level integration architecture for new vehicle platforms
• Define scalable, reusable integration frameworks across equipment types.
• Design and review mechanical structures, enclosures, and compute integration strategies
• Own environmental qualification strategy (IP, thermal, shock/vibration, EMI/EMC)
• Guide sensor and high-power compute integration in demanding environments
• Drive harness architecture, grounding strategy, and connector selection standards
• Establish validation methodologies and qualification test plans
• Mentor engineers in systems thinking and first-principles design

Job requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related field
• 7+ years of experience in mechanical, mechatronics, or vehicle systems engineering roles
• Demonstrated ownership of complex, multi-disciplinary hardware systems from architecture through deployment
• Strong experience designing systems for harsh environments (automotive, construction, aerospace, military, or similar)
• Experience defining and executing environmental and regulatory qualification strategies, including: ingress protection (IP rating) validation, thermal modeling and test correlation, shock and vibration test design and…
• Extensive experience integrating high-power compute platforms in vehicle environments
• Deep understanding of harness architecture, connector selection, grounding, shielding, and power distribution
• Experience integrating perception sensors (cameras, LiDAR) with awareness of calibration, vibration isolation, thermal drift, and environmental constraints