Staff Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d) - Exteriors, Berlin, Germany

Overview

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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Concept engineering and feasibility, incl. packaging and layout within vehicle architecture
• Design to deliver customer-driven exterior system targets for craftsmanship, function, cost and weight
• Create vehicle-aligned components and develop design concepts and production designs in both CATIA V5 and 3DX, support creation of component specification, component DFMEA and other technical design documents
• Interpret CAE simulation results and integrate recommendations into product design
• Support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype/production build events
• Interface with design studio suppliers, process and production for manufacturing, feasibility, validation, and other engineering activities as specified for the assigned commodity
• Mentor junior engineers and throughout the various phases of the projects
• Support with recruitment efforts for the Exterior Design team
• Root-Cause and Corrective analysis for production issues

What You'll Do

• Education background in mechanical engineering; or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• 5+ years of experience in automotive exterior systems and experience in full product lifecycle through design, development, release and launch
• Proficiency in both CATIA V5 and 3DX, good understanding of GD&T in design engineering
• Understand the fundamental differences in design and engineering between low/high volume production, entry/premium vehicle systems and have examples or a portfolio of completed programs
• Demonstrated knowledge and ability to integrate state-of-the-art design and manufacturing methods into product concepts and designs, as well as capability to interpret CAE results and integrate recommendations into product designs
• Demonstrate an ability to manage difficult projects with tight timing constraints
• Experience with various manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, thermoforming, SMC, bonding, etc.
• Experience in defining test plans, designing test setups, and analyzing data

What You'll Bring

• Concept engineering and feasibility, incl. packaging and layout within vehicle architecture
• Design to deliver customer-driven exterior system targets for craftsmanship, function, cost and weight
• Create vehicle-aligned components and develop design concepts and production designs in both CATIA V5 and 3DX, support creation of component specification, component DFMEA and other technical design documents
• Interpret CAE simulation results and integrate recommendations into product design
• Support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype/production build events
• Interface with design studio suppliers, process and production for manufacturing, feasibility, validation, and other engineering activities as specified for the assigned commodity
• Mentor junior engineers and throughout the various phases of the projects
• Support with recruitment efforts for the Exterior Design team
• Root-Cause and Corrective analysis for production issues