Mechanical Design Engineer (m/w/d), Body Structures (BIW) - Berlin, Germany

What To Expect

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.   

Mechanical Design Engineer – Body Stuctures

Be part of a growing and energetic Body Structures 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. 

What You’Ll Do

• Create and develop Body-in-White component and system requirements and specifications to achieve best-in-class system targets for function, cost, weight, investment, NVH, structural and crash performance
• 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
• Optimize the concepts and designs with analytical and physical assessments, ensuring conformation to federal regulations governing assigned systems
• Deliver world-class craftsmanship and fit/finish
• Interface with suppliers, process and production for manufacturing, feasibility, validation, and other engineering activities as specified for the assigned commodity
• Complete component and system validation as required, insuring system targets are met and optimized

What You’Ll Bring

• Education background in mechanical engineering, or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• Hands-on experience in automotive body design and engineering, knowledge of relevant manufacturing processes and lightweight, recyclable and sustainable materials 
• Minimum of 1 full development BIW life cycle through design, development, release and launch
• Proficiency in both CATIA V5 and CATIA V6/3DX, good understanding of GD&T in design engineering
• 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 
• Ability to flexibly work in vague and constantly changing design direction and conditions 

Please apply with your English CV.