A team of undergraduate engineering students from York College of Pennsylvania (YCP) constructed an autonomous ground vehicle for the capstone design courses required by their engineering curricula. The team’s vehicle was entered in the 19 th annual Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, where it achieved a top ten overall standing among 55 contestants and earned an award for vehicle design. This paper provides an overview of the capstone design experience of the project’s structure and motion sub-team, which was responsible for the design and implementation of the vehicle’s mechanical, electromechanical, and electrical distribution systems. In particular, design, simulation, and fabrication of the vehicle are presented. This paper also discusses the organization, planning and resource acquisition challenges faced by this interdisciplinary team. The chosen design is modeled in Simulink TM software; the results are validated by comparing the simulated response to competition and pre-event testing of the as-fabricated vehicle. Project outcomes are presented and assessed with respect to YCP’s capstone design expectations and program outcomes, as well as compliance with technical specifications established within the IGVC rules and by the team.