Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Design Engineer - Seating

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeFremont, CA, USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience is required.
Design engineering experience with demonstrated interest in multidisciplinary engineering, supported by a detailed design engineering portfolio, is required; the posting specifies at least 3 years.
Hands-on experience building something is required, with evidence included in the design portfolio.
Hand-sketching ability is required.
At least 3 years of experience with CAD software, including CATIA V5 or CATIA V6, is required.
At least 2 years of experience managing suppliers for product development is required.
At least 2 years of experience overcoming design challenges across materials and processes including stamping, injection molding, casting, or composites is required.
At least 3 years of experience designing kinematics, mechanisms, or electromechanical components is required.

Responsibilities

Understand and define problems.
Generate and evaluate engineering concepts.
Plan product strategy and architecture, considering human factors.
Negotiate, balance, and manage product attributes including safety, functionality, comfort, aesthetics, cost, mass, schedule, and sustainability.
Validate and optimize designs through prototype making, physical testing, computer-aided engineering simulations, and design.
Create 3D models and 2D drawings.
Create bills of materials.
Perform detailed design, including datum and fixation strategy, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, design for manufacturing, and bills of materials.
Create technical documentation for official use and communication.
Manage schedules and milestones.
Conceptualize, design, engineer, and manage seating system parts and products from concept through end of life, and solve problems with existing products.
Integrate structural and non-structural seating components and technologies, including stampings, welding, bolted joints, castings, engineering composites, padding, upholstery, comfort devices, hard trim, arm rests, and head restraints.
Apply engineering fundamentals and the design engineering process to develop mass-production seating solutions that meet safety and usability expectations.

Desired Qualifications

Automotive engineering experience with seating is preferred but not mandatory.

Category	Engineering & Information Technology
Location	Fremont, California
Requisition ID	285630
Type	Full-time

Job Description

As an Engineer in the Seating Engineering Department, you will be responsible for Design Engineering from concept to End of Life, as well as problem solving of existing products.  Today’s seating commodities include structures, mechanisms, actuators, cushions, wire harnesses, controllers, sensors, software, trims and so on. However, future seating solutions are not limited to these. Progression is targeted. A seat can be defined as a product which enables comfortable support for vehicular occupants. In some sense, a seat can be viewed as a moving robotic structural art piece.  Team members typically play dual roles as experts and polymaths. Each team member typically uses their expertise as a superpower to complement the team. You shall be part of the Seating Engineering Team which resides within Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering Group,  As an integrated part of Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering team; you will conceptualize, design, engineer and manage Seating System parts and products. You shall be part and product responsible.  Primarily contributing to the team with your expertise on the integration of the multiple technologies that comprise the Seat Structural (stampings, welding, bolted joints, castings, engineering composites, etc.) and non-Structural components (Seat padding, upholstery, comfort devices, ornamentation hard trim, arm rest, head restraints and other aesthetic appointments). Hence a good understating and balance of the basics of Industrial Creative Design alongside Mechanical Engineering First Principles is critical to a proficient execution of this role. The essence of your job would be to exceed the automotive industry expectations for safety and usability of the Seating systems, always based on a logical application of engineering fundamentals while employing the Design Engineering process for mass production solution which includes the following:

Job Responsibilities

Problem understanding and definition

Engineering Concept generation and evaluation

Product strategy and architecture planning with consideration of Human Factors

Negotiation, balancing and management of product attributes including safety, functionality, comfort, aesthetics, cost, mass, schedule, sustainability.

Validation and optimization through including prototype making, physical testing, CAE simulations, design

3D model and 2D drawing creation

Bill of Materials creation

Detail design including datum & fixation strategy, GD&T, DFM and Bill of Materials

Technical documentation creation for official use and communication

Schedule and milestone management

Job Requirements

Degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent experience

Design engineering experience with demonstrated interest in multidisciplinary engineering. 3+Years of demonstrable experience proved through a detailed design engineering portfolio

Hands on experience where you have built something. Design portfolio must include evidence of such

Hand-sketching abilities. One of the many engineering languages

Automotive engineering with seating experience is preferred but not mandatory

Must have 3 years of experience with CAD software including: Catia V5, or Catia V6

Must have 2 years of experience with managing suppliers for product development

Must have 2 years of experience with overcoming design challenges for variety of materials and processes including stamping, injection molding, casting, or composites

Must have 3 years of experience with designing kinematics, mechanisms, or electromechanical components

Requires domestic travel up to 30% and international travel up to 10% [Travel will include supplier sites and Tesla manufacturing sites and will require interaction with Industrial Manufacturing equipment and settings]

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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