Integration Lead – Vehicle Product Design Architecture
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full-time
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Location: California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $250,000 - $291,000 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Assembly
About the role
- Own the top-level CAD assembly of a very light four-wheeled vehicle platform, focusing on occupant packaging, ergonomics, and integration of key sub-systems
- Apply fundamentals of body structures (beams, columns, panels) to automotive or motorcycle manufacturing methods
- Collaborate closely with mechanical and electrical engineers, and industrial design to identify and resolve packaging and interface issues
- Facilitate cross-functional alignment through design reviews, clash management, and packaging trade-offs balancing performance, manufacturability, and ergonomics
- Drive system integration workflows and timelines, introducing structured and repeatable processes into a fast-moving startup environment
- Support the transition from prototype to production through well-organized documentation and coordination with manufacturing and supply chain teams
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 7+ years of experience in mechanical design and system integration, preferably within vehicle platforms such as automotive, ATV, UTV
- Expert in 3D CAD (preferably CATIA), with ability to manage complex, top-level assemblies including occupant environments and structural systems
- Proficient in PLM systems and workflows; able to define and manage part structures and release processes
- Demonstrated experience designing and integrating major vehicle sub-systems while balancing requirements of A-class surfaces
- Strong understanding of multi-domain trade-offs in vehicle packaging
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional integration efforts and bring complex platforms through launch