NPI Engineer, New Product Introduction (MechE)
Job Description
Who We Are
Aurora (Nasdaq: AUR) is delivering the benefits of self-driving technology safely, quickly, and broadly. Founded in 2017 by experts in the self-driving industry, Aurora is revolutionizing transportation – making it safer, increasingly accessible, and more reliable and efficient than ever before. Its flagship product, the Aurora Driver, is a platform that brings together software, hardware, and data services, to autonomously operate passenger vehicles, light commercial vehicles, and heavy-duty trucks. Aurora is partnered with industry leaders across the transportation ecosystem including Toyota, Volvo, PACCAR, Uber, Uber Freight, FedEx, and U.S. Xpress. Aurora tests its vehicles in the Bay Area, Pittsburgh, and Texas and has offices in those areas as well as in Bozeman, MT; Seattle, WA; Louisville, CO; and Detroit, MI. To learn more, visit www.aurora.tech.
Aurora hires talented people with diverse backgrounds who are ready to help build a transportation ecosystem that will make our roads safer, get crucial goods where they need to go, and make mobility more efficient and accessible for all. We're searching for an NPI Engineer, mechanical focus. The NPI Engineer, mechanical focus candidate will be responsible for shepherding hardware from concept review to low-volume manufacturing. They guide design engineers in selecting appropriate manufacturing processes and are on the floor through each build to deliver finished vehicle integrations, electronic sensors and modules, and computers.
In this role, you will
- Develop manufacturing and service requirements for components
- Develop manufacturing process plans and design process qualification
- Provide internal DFM for optimization of component and manufacturer selection
- Support development of hardware standards and design guidelines
- Provide manufacturing tolerance feedback to mechanical and electrical designers
- Support DFM interactions with suppliers
- Schedule/ communicate hardware data release dates based on both development process and manufacturing lead time constraints
- Provide manufacturing method and inspection method feedback via drawing markup to design engineers
- Check and release hardware data packages for transfer to internal resources and contract manufacturers
- Create any necessary control plans, critical to quality requirements, or work instructions for manufacturing
- Create and include in the data package any necessary logistics and quality requirements
- Manage and release a manufacturing BOM for internal resources and contract manufacturer use
- Manage and own contract manufacturing process bring up through hand off to supply team
- Interact with internal supplier quality and fleet operations as a sustaining engineering point of contact
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years experience in engineering role with experience working in low to high volume production environments
- Bonus points for experience in AV, robotics, or the automotive industry
- Experience with launching hardware products and the product life cycle, and selecting the right-sized process based on the needs on the program
- Experience with working with supply chain and vendors, bonus points for experience in design engineering and new product introduction
- Working knowledge of GD&T
- Experience with 3D CAD and PDM/PLM, preferably Catia/Solidworks and Enovia/EPDM
- Experience with ERP tools such as Plex
The base salary range for this position is $141,000 - $211,000 per year. Aurora's pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, the successful candidate's starting base pay will be determined based on factors including job-related skills, experience, qualifications, relevant education or training, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future. The successful candidate will also be eligible for an annual bonus, equity compensation, and benefits.
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Working at Aurora
At Aurora, we bring together people with extraordinary talent and experience united by the strength of our values. We operate with integrity, set outrageous goals, and continue to build a culture where we win together—all without any jerks.
We have offices in 8+ locations across the United States. We offer a competitive benefits package to qualifying employees. Our Career Page includes everything you need to know about working at Aurora.
At the core of everything we do is our commitment to safety. Building best-in-class self-driving technology will take time, and we believe that each employee at Aurora has a role in contributing to safety, every step of the way. Aurora expects commitment to our safety policies from every employee, and seeks candidates who take an active responsibility, can contribute to building an atmosphere of trust, and invest in the organization's long-term success by prioritizing working safely, no matter what.
We believe that self-driving technology has broad benefits – including an increase in safety and access to transportation – and to achieve those benefits, we want and need a workforce with diverse experiences, insights, and perspectives; said another way, a workforce that reflects the communities and people our technology will benefit. You can find all the latest news on our Blog
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