Mechanical Design Engineer

About the role

As a Mechanical Design Engineer at Wayve, you will design and deliver robust integration solutions for compute and sensors on real-world vehicle platforms. You will take ideas from concept through prototype and into manufacture, owning quality and design trade-offs along the way. This is a hands-on role that involves working on programmes with leading automotive partners.

Responsibilities

• Design and integrate mechanical solutions for sensors and compute across a range of vehicle platforms.
• Own mechanical design trade-offs across performance, cost, manufacturability and serviceability while maintaining a high quality bar.
• Develop and build HiLs, test rigs, jigs and fixtures to support validation and integration.
• Produce clear 2D drawings, assemblies and BOMs, applying GD&T to ensure repeatable builds.
• Partner with supply chain and external suppliers to source and manufacture parts using processes such as sheet metal, machining, vacuum casting and 3D printing.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with electronics and other engineering teams to integrate compute and sensor architectures.
• Create build instructions, inspection checklists and safety/quality documentation, and support knowledge transfer to Fleet and field teams.

Required skills

• SolidWorks
• SolidWorks PDM
• Sheet metal
• Machining
• Vacuum casting
• 3D printing
• Design-for-manufacture
• Test jigs
• Test rigs
• Fixtures
• 2D drawing
• BOM management
• GD&T
• FMEA
• DFMEA

Nice to have

• Surface modelling
• Aluminium extrusion
• Electronic systems
• Voltage basics
• Harness development
• Compute selection
• FDM printing

Qualifications

• Portfolio of relevant work

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Retirement or pension
• Access to therapists
• Wellbeing partnerships
• Learning and development budget
• Relocation support
• Visa sponsorship

About the Company

Wayve is building the leading AI platform for autonomous driving, pioneering an end-to-end AI approach that enables vehicles to learn directly from real-world experience. The company's mapless and hardware-agnostic AI platform integrates with global OEM partners to unlock advanced levels of automation.