Mechanical Engineer

About the Role

This is a hands-on Mechanical Engineer role at an early-stage advanced manufacturing company in the Bay Area, CA. The company is developing automated production systems combining robotics, mechanical engineering, controls, and advanced manufacturing. You will help design, build, and scale the company's first production facility.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end design, build, and integration of robotic and mechanical systems.
• Develop individual components and integrate them into complete operating subsystems.
• Architect and scale production systems from prototype through industrial deployment.
• Work across mechanical design, controls, and manufacturing systems integration.
• Help establish internal engineering processes, design cycles, and review standards.
• Collaborate closely with process, software, and other engineering disciplines.
• Take ownership of complex cross-functional technical problems.
• For experienced candidates, help manage and develop a small hardware engineering team.
• Work directly within the company's live processing and manufacturing environment.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Robotics
• Mechanical Engineering
• Controls
• Advanced Manufacturing
• Mechatronics
• Hardware Engineering
• Software Engineering
• Process Engineering

Qualifications

For Experienced Candidates

• Approximately 5–10+ years of hands-on mechanical or hardware engineering experience.
• Strong experience within high-velocity advanced manufacturing, space, defense, robotics, or comparable engineering environments.
• A track record of taking physical systems from design through build to functioning production.
• Strong mechatronics and/or robotics experience.
• Comfortable working across mechanical systems, controls, and manufacturing integration.
• Evidence of increasing technical ownership and responsibility throughout your career.
• Relevant backgrounds include organizations such as SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril, Relativity Space, or comparable advanced-manufacturing environments.

For Exceptional Recent Graduates

• Substantial, demonstrable hands-on engineering projects.
• Ability to execute independently.

You'll Stand Out If You

• Have built something successfully end-to-end.
• Have helped commission or stand up a production line or industrial facility.
• Combine strong hands-on engineering ability with leadership potential.
• Take high levels of ownership and move quickly from problem to working solution.
• Are comfortable operating across robotics, hardware, software, and process engineering.
• Are motivated by building new domestic manufacturing infrastructure.

Working Environment

• Fully on-site role in the Bay Area, CA.
• High-intensity pace, typically around 50–60 hours per week across six days.