AV Hardware Mechanical Engineer
Mountain View, CA$120.3k - $180.4kfull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Mechanical design engineer focusing on research, design, and delivery of autonomous hardware solutions enabling Nuro Driver systems, spanning electronics and sensor packaging, technology development, and vehicle integrations for L4 autonomy across platforms and use cases.
Responsibilities
- Own the engineering design, development, and release of autonomous hardware necessary to enable the Nuro Driver system across customer platforms.
- Lead the specification and integration in collaboration with vehicle partners to ensure platform integrations meet performance needs and satisfy customer product requirements.
- Work collaboratively across cross-functional teams to develop and execute sensing and electronics architecture for self-driving robots designed for mass deployment on public roads.
- Lead efforts to benchmark performance, integration, and reliability of available electronics technologies that drives internal make vs. buy decisions.
- Own the identification and key suppliers to bring ideas from concept to production readiness.
- Manage designed parts and assemblies through proof-of-concept validation up through production readiness.
- Drive part quality improvements, cost reductions, and efficiency improvements.
- Communicate technical decisions, development plans, and ongoing issues to management.
Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience in mechanical design with a proven track record on design, build, and test of electro-mechanical hardware.
- Experience working across the entire production pipeline from prototyping to mass production environments.
- Experience using a wide range of manufacturing processes from rapid prototyping to sheet metal, injection molding, machining, and casting.
- Experience designing for a wide range of materials with ability to optimize geometry based on cost, weight, strength/durability, and thermal analysis, using both FEA and hand calculations.
- Experience working with reliability teams to create/execute test plans that validate designs.
- Experience working with fabrication and module vendors to communicate design requirements, incorporate DFM feedback, manage initial production runs, and oversee validation testing.
- Self-starter with strong communication and organizational skills, resourceful, with a bias toward action.
- Proficiency with CAD; familiarity with UG NX a plus.
- Willing and able to support infrequent domestic and international travel.
Skills
Required:Mechanical designPrototype to production workflowsManufacturing processesMaterials design and analysisReliability testingVendor management / DFMCAD proficiency
Benefits
- annual performance bonus
- equity
- competitive benefits package
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Nuro
Autonomy for all. All roads, all rides.
Driving the future of autonomy with the most scalable AI driver.
AutonomyAI driverDelivery robotsRobotaxiAutonomous vehicles
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