Robotics Mechanical Plastics Design Engineer, Tesla Bot

The Tesla Robotics Team designs and builds humanoid bi-pedal robots (Tesla Bot) to perform tasks that are boring, repetitive, and dangerous for humans. The team joins mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and manufacturing engineering disciplines in a highly collaborative team. We are seeking talented Mechanical Design Engineers to play a role in building this ambitious vision into reality. There will be an emphasis on creative problem-solving abilities and technical rigor for this role.

• Design mechanical components and assemblies with a heavy emphasis on achieving acute precision through high-volume production methods

• Determine component-level mechanical requirements (e.g. stiffness, strength) from functional product specs

• Apply analytical methods including calculations and simulations for the design and optimization of structures and mechanical components

• Perform tolerance analysis (including process variability, environmental and material aging) to determine system impacts of assembly fits and backlash

• Perform material and process selection for high-volume production determined by considerations of mechanical properties, dimensional capability, cosmetics, cost and supply-chain stability, etc.

• Work directly with injection molding suppliers and tool designers to adapt part designs for manufacturability based on material and process constraints

• Actively drive every phase of product launch including part design, tool design/moldflow, tool trial and validation, process certification and quality approvals (including cosmetic and dimensional specifications)

• Conduct should-cost analysis to determine the fair price of goods from fundamental raw materials through value-adding processing steps including labor and logistics

• Manage suppliers to execute projects according to precise design specifications and ambitious timeline commitments

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Mechatronics or equivalent industry experience

• Experience shipping consumer-grade products at rates in the millions of units per year (injection molding preferred)

• Deep knowledge of material science and high-volume manufacturing processes (injection molding, casting preferred)

• Proficiency in designing parts and assemblies using 3D modeling software (CATIA preferred)

• Proficiency in drafting engineering drawings and conducting tolerance stack-up analysis (GD&T required)