Knightscope

Staff Engineer – Chassis and Motion Controls

Sunnyvale, California · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$210kDetected 36 days ago

Mechanical Design

About the role

As a Staff-level engineer, you will set the technical directions for chassis hardware and motion controls and serve as a hands-on technical leader across cross-functional teams.
The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in mechanical engineering and controls, extensive experience taking electromechanical platforms from concept to production, and the judgment to make sound architectural decisions in a fast-moving environment.
Appropriately scale automotive architectures for a smaller, lower-volume security robot

Design and develop braking, steering, wheel, tire, and suspension concepts that improve cost, mass, efficiency, manufacturability, and serviceability for an autonomous security robot
Assess and validate the manufacturing, assembly, and service feasibility of design proposals
Design, analyze, build, and test prototypes at the subsystem, system, and full-vehicle levels
Collaborate closely with the autonomy team to ensure vehicle controllability
Define and develop chassis control strategies and electrical architecture, and drive chassis software, electrical, and vehicle integration

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Automotive Engineering
10+ years of automotive experience
Experience with Vector/ETAS/New Eagle tools (CANape, INCA, RaptorCAL, etc.)
Strong working knowledge of chassis systems and vehicle dynamics
Proven delivery of chassis systems, with at least one product taken from concept to production
Hands-on experience in prototype development and vehicle validation
Ability to read and work with electrical schematics, with a sound understanding of automotive bus systems (CAN, Ethernet)

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