Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Mechanical Design Engineer - Lighting & Exteriors Engineering

Design EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeBerlin, GermanyNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

An educational background in mechanical engineering, or equivalent experience and evidence of exceptional ability.
Proficiency in CATIA V5 and 3DX, with a good understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in design engineering.
A clear understanding of current lighting technologies, including lightguides, light blades, adaptive forward lighting systems, laser, OLED, matrix, and DMD.
Basic knowledge of lighting homologation requirements, particularly FMVSS 108 and ECE R48, and an understanding of optical system development processes.
Experience with manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, thermoforming, SMC, and bonding.
Experience managing suppliers for product development in lighting; exteriors experience is a plus.
Understanding of engineering differences between low- and high-volume production and entry- and premium-vehicle systems, supported by examples or a portfolio of completed programs.
Ability to manage difficult projects with tight timing constraints, supported by examples from prior work.
Submit a CV in English.

Responsibilities

Design to deliver customer-driven lighting and exterior system targets for craftsmanship, function, cost, and weight.
Perform detailed design including surface development, structures, datum strategy, attachments, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.
Complete and release component and subsystem designs using a mix of in-house design and supplier engineering where required.
Collaborate with key suppliers to approve tooling designs for block-out and manufacturing.
Support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype and production build events.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for lighting and exteriors, including Tesla Design Studio, Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Process, low-voltage Electronics, Body-in-White, and Procurement, to ensure manufacturing and assembly feasibility and serviceability.
Take over design responsibility for bill-of-material changes, design revisions, CAs, and DEVs during production launch, ramp, and sustaining phases; perform root-cause and corrective analysis for production issues; and maintain product development documentation, including SOR, DFMEA, and DVP&R.

Category	Engineering & Information Technology
Location	Berlin, BE
Requisition ID	245245
Type	Full-time

Job Description

Join Vehicle Engineering in Berlin to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy where you will help design the next generation of cutting-edge automotive products for Tesla. Our world-class engineering teams operate with a non-conventional automotive product development philosophy of high interdisciplinary collaboration, flat organizational structure, and technical contribution at all levels. You will be expected to challenge and be challenged, to create, to innovate. You must want to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial company. We are building real products. This must excite you. You’ll work alongside accomplished, world-renowned engineers on perhaps the most exciting automotive programs in existence today.   Mechanical Design Engineer – Lighting & Exteriors Engineering Be part of a growing and energetic Exteriors team to engineer, execute and deliver cutting-edge products to global customers. You will work with cross-functional team members to continuously innovate and launch new products for Europe and other growing markets.

Job Responsibilities

Design to deliver customer-driven Lighting & Exterior system targets for craftsmanship, function, cost and weight
Detail design including surface development, structures, datum strategy, attachments, GD&T
Complete and release component and sub system design, utilizing a mix of in-house design and supplier engineering, where required
Collaborate with key suppliers for approving tooling designs for block out and manufacturing
Support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype/production build events
Collaborate with cross-functional teams for Lighting and Exteriors within the Tesla Design Studio, Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Process, low voltage Electronics, Body-in-White and Procurement groups to ensure system manufacturing and assembly feasibility and serviceability
Take over design responsibility supporting BOM changes, design revisions, CAs and DEVs during production: launch, ramp and sustaining phase, Root-Cause and Corrective Analysis for production issues, maintain all required product development documentation including SOR, DFMEA, DVP&R

Job Requirements

Education background in mechanical engineering; or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
Proficiency in both CATIA V5 and 3DX, good understanding of GD&T in design engineering
Clear understanding of latest lighting technologies including lightguides, light blades, adaptive forward lighting (AFS) systems, Laser, OLED, Matrix, DMD, etc.
Basic knowledge of lighting homologation requirements: FMVSS 108 and ECE R48 in particular and understanding of optical system development processes
Experience with various manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, thermoforming, SMC, bonding, etc.
Experience managing suppliers for product development in lighting, exteriors experience is a plus
Understand the fundamental differences in engineering between low/high volume production, entry/premium vehicle systems and have examples or a portfolio of completed programs
Demonstrate an ability to manage difficult projects with tight timing constraints and provide examples of such scenarios throughout your career

Please, apply with your CV in English.

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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