Mechanical Design Engineer

Matic • Menlo Park, CA

4d • $120,000 - $200,000 • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Mechanical Design Engineer who will own parts and sub-assemblies from concept through high volume production. The robots are currently shipping to customers, meaning designed parts are tooled, built at volume, and used daily. The engineer will gain hands-on experience with real hardware and develop judgment through observing their designs in production. The role involves immediate work with hardware and a fast-paced startup environment where prototyping and iteration are key.

Requirements

• Parts personally designed that are in production today, with the ability to explain every feature and why it's there
• Fluency in at least one high volume process (injection molding, die casting, stamping, or metal injection molding) at a deep level
• Experience running tolerance stack-ups on assemblies owned, including datum scheme selection and resolution of closing issues
• Experience applying GD&T on drawings
• Solidworks proficiency
• Working experience with PDM/PLM, ECOs, and quality systems
• Experience using FEA to make decisions, with an understanding of model limitations
• A debugging instinct to reason from field failures back to design decisions
• Comfort in a fast-paced startup environment
• A technical degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Around 2+ years of professional design experience (or demonstrated equivalent skills)

Nice To Haves

• Genuine motivation to help those around you
• Passion for learning outside normal comfort zones
• Love diagnosing complex technical issues
• Pride in details nobody else would notice

Responsibilities

• Design parts and sub-assemblies within a defined architecture, and carry them through to mass production
• Build own prototypes, break them, and iterate fast
• Run component level testing for performance, durability, and part to part variability
• Write and execute accelerated test plans that predict field behavior
• Release production-ready 2D drawings that a supplier can quote and build without a follow-up call
• Work directly with vendors and CMs on DFM feedback, tooling reviews, and first article inspection
• Collaborate with EE, firmware, software, and industrial design to keep parts balanced against the rest of the system

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• Access to a 401(k) plan
• Equity through the company's discretionary equity program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree