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Glydways is building a revolutionary autonomous transit system—a network of carbon-neutral, interconnected pathways powered by standardized autonomous vehicles on dedicated roadways. The company is reimagining public transportation to be more accessible, affordable, and sustainable.
The Vehicle Platform Engineering Team designs, validates, and delivers the Glydways Autonomous Transit Vehicle hardware. As Closures Engineering Lead, you will own the technical roadmap and product delivery for door and closure systems, including structures, mechanisms, rails, latches, seals, actuators, sensors, interfaces, electrical and electronic systems, and related software.
Key responsibilities include translating vehicle-level requirements into closure-system requirements, architectures, and design decisions; leading the design and integration of complex mechanisms (kinematics, actuator selection, latch and hinge integration, packaging, tolerance definition, interface management); driving cross-functional alignment across mechanical, electrical, software, systems, product, safety, validation, manufacturing, quality, industrial design, and operations teams; coordinating technical work with external engineering, manufacturing partners, and suppliers across Japan, the United States, and Europe; leading prototype builds, vehicle integration, durability testing, root-cause investigations, design iterations, and production-readiness activities; anticipating manufacturing, assembly, service, quality, reliability, and cost challenges through design-for-manufacturability and design-for-assembly practices; and establishing effective processes for requirements, issue tracking, design reviews, change management, documentation, and decision-making.
You should have significant experience developing automotive closures or complex mechanical and electromechanical systems through multiple product-development stages, with sliding-door experience highly valuable. Strong understanding of mechanism design, kinematics, actuators, latches, hinges, seals, tolerance management, design verification, and reliability is essential. Experience collaborating with suppliers, manufacturing partners, and cross-functional teams in automotive, mobility, robotics, aerospace, or similar complex-product environments is required. You must demonstrate strong communication, organization, judgment, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently in an ambiguous and rapidly changing international and multicultural environment. Experience taking a closure system or complex mechanism from concept through sourcing, validation, production, and launch is expected. Working knowledge of design for manufacturability, design for assembly, GD&T, tolerance analysis, FMEA, and quality-planning methods is necessary. Proficiency with CATIA, 3DX, or comparable CAD and PLM tools (at least DMU-level) is required; CAE tool experience is a plus. Professional fluency in English is required; Japanese language skills are a plus. Willingness and ability to travel internationally, including extended collaboration or assignments in Japan and the United States, is required.
