The opportunity
Waymo is an autonomous driving technology company with the mission to be the world's most trusted driver. Since its start as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009, Waymo has focused on building the Waymo Driver—The World's Most Experienced Driver™—to improve access to…
What you'll do
Engineering custom vehicle structures and trim for the Waymo vehicles
Working closely with OEM partners to co-define changes to base vehicle: architecture/ components for specific Waymo needs
Collaboratively working with internal Waymo partner teams, E.G. Styling,: Product, System Architecture, Manufacturing, Supply Chain etc to understand their needs and Engineer solutions that meet their requirements
Interface with Tier One suppliers to bring designs to production reality,: working through DFM feedback and quality expectations
Frequently create and present trade Matrices outlining different solutions to: problems, based on options such as weight, cost (capital and piece price), package volume etc, ultimately resulting in a recommended path forward
Use your background in Vehicle Engineering to develop hardware in a range of: materials and manufacturing technologies, including injection molding, castings, stampings, soft trim and hard trim
What they're looking for
- Experience Engineering vehicle structures as well as cosmetic A-Class: components/ assemblies, designing to requirements such as first mode stiffness, cost targets, manufacturing tact time etc
- ~10 years of Product Design experience, having launched multiple car: platforms successfully, ideally working on early concept stages through to production launch.
- Experience working with a range of manufacturing processes and materials, metals, plastics. composites
- Current detailed knowledge of Catia (V5/V6), able to model in 3D and 2D to production ready designs