Senior or Staff NVH Engineer

Location: On-site in Palo Alto, California, United States

Salary: $180,000–$210,000 per year, depending on experience, qualifications, and location.

Company

Electric mobility company developing vertically integrated small electric vehicles to improve the efficiency, affordability, and enjoyment of local transportation.

What you will do

• Lead NVH development for drive units, belt systems, and complete vehicles from concept through production.
• Define NVH targets, metrics, and acceptance criteria covering drive units, road noise, wind noise, accessories, and structural vibration.
• Develop and validate CAE models using modal, forced-response, transfer-function, and sensitivity analyses.
• Correlate simulations with laboratory and vehicle measurements using modal testing, MAC, and Transfer Path Analysis.
• Conduct vehicle, component, dynamometer, modal, and source-level NVH testing with advanced instrumentation.
• Recommend mechanical, acoustic, and software improvements while collaborating with design, controls, electromagnetic, manufacturing, and attribute teams.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of vibration, structural dynamics, rotational acoustics, and psychoacoustic metrics.
• Experience with NVH simulation tools such as Simcenter 3D, Abaqus, Ansys, Nastran, or equivalent.
• Experience with NVH testing software such as Siemens Simcenter Testlab, Head Acoustics, Artemis, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience with vehicle, component, dynamometer, modal, and source-level NVH testing and CAE-to-test correlation.
• Experience with CANape, CANalyzer, or similar controls development tools.
• Proficiency in MATLAB and/or Python for data analysis, automation, and simulation support.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of electric motor NVH, including electromagnetic excitation, stator mounting, rotor skew, pole count, cogging torque, and harmonic excitation.
• Familiarity with gear, bearing, and belt system NVH mechanisms and mitigation techniques.
• Experience with vibration isolation, damping treatments, acoustic materials, mount design, sensitivity studies, Monte Carlo analyses, and design optimization.
• Ability to present complex technical findings and recommendations clearly to engineering teams and leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100%, with FSA and HSA options.
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.
• Fertility and family-building benefits through Progyny.
• Flexible time off.
• 401(k) match.