Senior Mechanical Engineer

Wonder • Boston, MA

1d • $155,000 - $163,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to be a key technical asset for our hardware team as we build the next generation of automated food equipment. You will be a high-level individual contributor responsible for turning complex concepts into robust, production-ready hardware. As an expert who has seen both the right and wrong ways to build systems, you will use that experience to immediately own the design of high-stakes automation subsystems. You will work closely with the project leads to ensure the project’s technical vision is executed flawlessly on a tight timeline. We have multiple product lines at various stages of maturity, we’re looking for someone who brings experience at all stages.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
• At least 6yrs of experience in mechanical engineering product development, ideally in industrial automation, food equipment, or biomedical automation.
• You’ve been a part of products going from concept to production.
• Experience designing electro-mechanical systems combining custom parts with industrial automation components such as pneumatics, linear actuators, servos, and various sensors.
• A track record of successfully balancing pure product performance with secondary factors such as user experience, maintenance, and cost.
• Pride in seeing your projects excel. You don’t shy away from holding yourself and others accountable to make sure things stay on track.
• Experience from all stages of a design cycle. Just as comfortable designing a quick prototype to test as you are designing parts for a wide variety of manufacturing processes.
• Strong experience with Solidworks or equivalent CAD programs.
• Deep knowledge of best practices for clean parametric CAD and production quality drawings.
• Confidently and cleanly execute changes within a PDM and PLM system depending on project maturity.
• Strong mechanical aptitude. Comfortable building things from scratch, using hand tools and prototyping tools such as mill, lathe, laser cutter, 3D printer.
• This role is based in our Boston office in Charlestown, MA.
• This role requires a minimum of 4 days a week in the office, with additional days as needed based on project demands.

Responsibilities

• Tackle the most difficult design problems, and own all facets of the prototype-to-production process - design, procure, build, test.
• Expertly shift between the different requirements of a design as it progresses through its product lifecycle. You know when a quick test is best, and when to invest time polishing a drawing for manufacturing.
• Independently drive your projects forward. You are accountable for the end result as well as meeting aggressive deadlines with limited oversight.
• Create clean 3D CAD and excellent 2D drawings that set examples for other engineers on the team.
• Mentor younger engineers. Provide design, testing, and validation feedback.
• Willingness to participate in our on-call rotation to provide stores with technical support

Benefits

• We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K.
• Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level