Job Description

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 – Lighting & Exteriors Engineering

Be part of a growing and energetic Exteriors 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

• Design to deliver customer-driven Lighting & Exterior system targets for craftsmanship, function, cost and weight
• Detail design including surface development, structures, datum strategy, attachments, GD&T
• Complete and release component and sub system design, utilizing a mix of in-house design and supplier engineering, where required
• Collaborate with key suppliers for approving tooling designs for block out and manufacturing
• Support overall vehicle development milestones and prototype/production build events
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for Lighting and Exteriors within the Tesla Design Studio, Vehicle Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Process, low voltage Electronics, Body-in-White and Procurement groups to ensure system manufacturing and assembly feasibility and serviceability
• Take over design responsibility supporting BOM changes, design revisions, CAs and DEVs during production: launch, ramp and sustaining phase, Root-Cause and Corrective Analysis for production issues, maintain all required product development documentation including SOR, DFMEA, DVP&R

What You’ll Bring

• Education background in mechanical engineering; or the equivalent in experience and evidence of exceptional ability
• Proficiency in both CATIA V5 and 3DX, good understanding of GD&T in design engineering
• Clear understanding of latest lighting technologies including lightguides, light blades, adaptive forward lighting (AFS) systems, Laser, OLED, Matrix, DMD, etc.
• Basic knowledge of lighting homologation requirements: FMVSS 108 and ECE R48 in particular and understanding of optical system development processes
• Experience with various manufacturing processes such as plastic injection molding, thermoforming, SMC, bonding, etc.
• Experience managing suppliers for product development in lighting, exteriors experience is a plus
• Understand the fundamental differences in engineering between low/high volume production, entry/premium vehicle systems and have examples or a portfolio of completed programs
• Demonstrate an ability to manage difficult projects with tight timing constraints and provide examples of such scenarios throughout your career

Please, apply with your CV in English.