Sustaining Engineer, Body & Closure Systems
Foster City · USD 153,000-184,000 / year · 8+ years experience · Full-time · Onsite · Posted Oct 6, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 8+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Foster City
- Salary
- USD 153,000-184,000 / year
About the role
- The Sustaining Engineer for Body & Closure Systems will own sustaining engineering for key subsystems supporting both the in-service autonomous robotaxi fleet and vehicles in current production.
- This role involves driving root cause investigations and corrective actions, making technical decisions, and leading changes through design, validation, release, and fleet implementation.
Responsibilities
- Own sustaining engineering and corrective action development for body and closure systems across the in-service fleet and vehicles in current production.
- Drive end-to-end resolution of field and manufacturing issues across door systems, latches, actuators, sealing, access panels, glazing, and body structures.
- Apply fleet and production data, including MTBF, repeat failure rates, and downtime drivers, to prioritize work and validate solutions.
- Lead design updates and system improvements to ensure robust performance, durability, efficiency, and serviceability.
- Author and manage Engineering Change Requests and Change Actions.
- Develop and execute validation plans at component, system, and vehicle levels.
- Support and lead retrofit and rework campaigns.
- Partner with suppliers to resolve quality issues and improve reliability and manufacturability.
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
- 8+ years of experience in powertrain, thermal, battery, or EV systems within a product development, manufacturing, or sustaining environment.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver subsystem-level corrective actions that improve reliability, durability, manufacturability, or serviceability in production vehicles.
- Experience with root cause analysis, DFMEA, and product and process validation.
- Excellent communication and documentation skills.
- Ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple priorities.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in autonomous vehicles.
- Experience with Design for Manufacturing and Design for Service (DFM/DFS).
- Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or similar continuous improvement methodologies.
- Proficiency with 3D CAD tools, CATIA preferred.
- Familiarity with 3DX, DELMIA, SAP, JIRA, Confluence.
- Familiarity with data analysis or visualization tools such as dashboards, SQL, and Python.
Skills
- Electrical Engineering
- Root Cause Analysis
- DFMEA
- Process Validation
- DFM
- DFS
- Lean
- Six Sigma
- CAD
- CATIA
- 3DX
- SQL
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- Python
