Senior Mechanical Engineer @ YC backed Stealth Consumer Robotics Startup | $160k - $220k + Equity
About The Position
Join an early-stage, YC-backed stealth consumer robotics startup building delightful home robots designed to make everyday life easier, more magical, and more fun. The team consists of experienced robotics engineers, product thinkers, and builders with backgrounds in advanced robotics, autonomous systems, and consumer hardware. They are developing a new category of consumer robotics focused on blending cutting-edge engineering with thoughtful product and character design. This role offers the opportunity to help shape the physical form and manufacturing strategy of a first-of-its-kind consumer robotics product. The company is moving quickly towards a major public launch later this year and is seeking a hands-on hardware leader who thrives in fast-moving startup environments.
Requirements
- 8+ years of mechanical engineering experience
- Experience bringing at least 2 consumer products to market
- Strong professional CAD experience, ideally with SolidWorks
- Experience designing products with moving parts, motors, actuators, or meaningful user interaction
- Practical DFM experience across prototyping and production workflows
- Experience leading cross-functional hardware projects across design, engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers
- Strong understanding of consumer safety considerations including pinch points, durability, impact risk, and repeated use
- Comfortable working in ambiguity and fast iteration cycles
- Strong communication and ownership mindset
Nice To Haves
- Consumer robotics or adjacent hardware experience
- Experience with manufacturing and suppliers in China and/or Mexico
- Experience with cosmetic consumer hardware and premium product finishes
- Experience with lower-volume hardware manufacturing (10k–50k units/year)
- Familiarity with tooling, reliability testing, quality systems, or production ramp
Responsibilities
- Lead the mechanical execution of a consumer-facing robotics platform from prototype through production readiness
- Design, CAD, prototype, and refine external shells and mechanical systems for a consumer robot
- Collaborate cross-functionally with industrial design, mechatronics, software, product, and external vendors
- Translate industrial design concepts into manufacturable hardware solutions
- Work through fit, finish, CMF, tolerances, fastening, DFM, and consumer safety tradeoffs
- Design around moving parts, user interaction, repetitive motion, impact risk, and durability
- Source parts and prototype vendors across CNC, 3D printing, urethane casting, and injection molding workflows
- Support supplier relationships and contribute to long-term manufacturing strategy
- Own cosmetic execution and build quality for high-visibility demos and launch hardware
- Operate as a player-coach: deeply hands-on initially, with the opportunity to grow into a hardware leadership role over time
Benefits
- Significant equity
- Visa sponsorship available
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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