Vehicle Development - Dimensional Engineer

Job#: 3052621
Job Description:
Vehicle Development - Dimensional Engineer
Location: Foster City, California (Onsite)
Role Overview
This is a high-visibility, mission-critical role within our engineering organization. The successful candidate will concurrently own the dimensional management for multiple major vehicle programs. This scope spans different architectures. You will be the bridging authority between advanced sensor hardware, vehicle architecture, and manufacturing assembly. This role is built for an individual who is a master of dimensional variation and wants to directly impact the deployment of safe, autonomous fleets.
Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the dimensional authority for sensor integration across parallel vehicle platforms, managing architectural workloads concurrently.
• Lead the upfront definition of vehicle build and commodity-specific functional requirements to establish a baseline for downstream Dimensional Variation Analysis (DVA) validation.
• Establish datum schemes, sensor mounting locator strategies, and tolerance allocations to ensure sensor-to-body and sensor-to-sensor co-calibration stability.
• Review and formally approve internal and supplier metrology fixture concepts, ensuring alignment with program assembly and measurement metrics.
• Define and implement comprehensive measurement strategies, identifying critical validation points from the single part level up to full vehicle assembly.
• Partner directly with Supplier Quality to evaluate supplier capability, define acceptable limits, and manage engineering escalations to protect program targets.
• Provide active architectural loop feedback regarding layout changes needed to make the vehicle body and sensor brackets reliably assemblable.

Core Competencies & Technical Mastery

• Deep understanding of the unique dimensional, structural, and alignment requirements of AV sensor suites (LiDAR, Radar, Cameras).
• Proficiency in performing both 1D and 3D Dimensional Variation Analysis (DVA) stack-ups to evaluate design feasibility.
• Advanced-level proficiency in ASME Y14.5 GD&T principles, with a proven track record of creating, validating, and optimizing complex technical drawings.
• Practical expertise using CATIA V6 and 3DEXPERIENCE (3DX) to visualize, manipulate, and interrogate 3D models for dimensional evaluation.
• Strong foundational knowledge of manufacturing processes and vehicle assembly sequence.
• Ability to translate complex statistical variation data into clear, actionable architectural feedback for cross-functional teams.

Required Experience & Attributes
Education: Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Fixture Design Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
Experience: 8 to 10 years of dedicated experience in dimensional management, variation simulation, or metrology within the automotive, aerospace, or autonomous robotics sectors.
Statistical Rigor: Strong understanding of Variation Simulation Analysis tools, statistical process control (SPC), and basic statistical concepts (CP, CPK, standard deviation, gauge R&R studies).
Mindset: A proactive, solutions-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and understands that sensor dimensional engineering is a primary driver of vehicle safety and autonomous software performance.
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