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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d) - Seating - Berlin, Germany

Berlin, Germany (On-site)

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d) - Seating - Berlin, Germany

2 Days ago • 4-8 Years • Research & Development

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Job Description

Tesla is seeking a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer for its Seating Engineering Department in Berlin, Germany. This role involves the complete design engineering process from concept to end-of-life, including problem-solving for existing products. Responsibilities include conceptualizing, designing, engineering, and managing seating system parts and products, focusing on structural components (stampings, welding, castings, etc.). The ideal candidate will have a strong background in mechanical engineering, proven design experience, and a demonstrable interest in multidisciplinary engineering. Experience with automotive seating is preferred but not required. The role demands expertise in design engineering principles, including problem definition, concept generation, product strategy, attribute management (safety, functionality, cost, etc.), validation through testing and simulation, 3D/2D modeling, BOM creation, and collaboration with external organizations.

Must have:

Mechanical Engineering background
Exceptional design engineering abilities
Multidisciplinary engineering interest
Experience building physical prototypes
Structural component expertise (stampings, welding, castings)

Good to have:

Automotive seating experience
Experience with CAE simulations
GD&T knowledge
DFM expertise

What to Expect

fAs an Engineer in the Seating Engineering Department, you will be in charge of Design Engineering from concept to End of Life, as well as problem solving with existing products.

Today’s seating commodities include structures, mechanisms, actuators, cushions, wire harnesses, controllers, sensors, software, trims and so on. However, future seating solutions are not limited to these. Progression is targeted. A seat can be defined as a product which enables comfortable support for vehicular occupants. In some sense, a seat can be viewed as a moving robotic structural art piece.

Team members typically play dual roles as experts and polymaths. Each team member typically uses their particular expertise as a super power to complement the team. You shall be part of the Seating Engineering Team which resides within Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering Group,

What You’ll Do

As an integrated part of Tesla’s Vehicle Engineering team, you will conceptualize, design, engineer and manage Seating System parts and products. You shall be part and product responsible.

Primarily contributing to the team with your expertise on Structural components (stampings, welding, bolted joints, castings, engineering composites, etc.).

The essence of your job would be to exceed the automotive industry expectations for safety and usability of the Seating systems always based on engineering first principles while employing the Design Engineering process which includes the following:

Problem understanding and definition & target setting
Concept generation and evaluation & product strategy and architecture planning
Negotiation, balancing and management of product attributes including safety, functionality, comfort, aesthetics, cost, mass, schedule, sustainability
Validation and optimization through including prototype making, physical testing, CAE simulations, design reviews
3D model and 2D drawing creation, Bill of Materials creation and detail design including datum & fixation strategy, GD&T, DFM
Collaboration with external organizations
Technical documentation creation for official use and communication
Schedule and milestone management

What You’ll Bring

Education background in Mechanical Engineering or similar
Evidence of exceptional ability
Design engineering experience with demonstrated interest in multidisciplinary engineering
Hands on experience where you have built something
Automotive engineering with seating experience is preferred but not mandatory

When applying, please, attach a CV together with your engineering portfolio.

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