Senior Mechanical Engineer

AutoStore™ • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

AutoStore is hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer to lead the development of complex mechanical and electromechanical products from concept through production. The role owns the architecture and development of key mechanical subsystems within AutoStore’s robotic and automation platforms, balancing performance, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost to deliver innovative products suitable for deployment at scale.

The engineer will lead mechanical system design, analysis, prototyping, validation, production release, and sustaining improvements. They will address challenges such as reliability failures, wear and fatigue, manufacturing constraints, supplier quality, tolerance stack-ups, and design trade-offs. The role also involves technical leadership and close collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to deliver robust products for demanding robotic and automated warehouse environments.

Requirements

• At least 9 years of experience in mechanical engineering and product development of complex mechanical or electromechanical systems.
• Experience leading products from concept through validation, production launch, and sustaining engineering.
• Strong proficiency with 3D CAD, FEA, FMEA, PLM systems, and engineering documentation best practices.
• Experience designing mechanisms and electromechanical systems incorporating motors, gear trains, bearings, belt drives, actuators, sensors, and power transmission components.
• Strong understanding of mechanical system dynamics, kinematics, fatigue, wear mechanisms, vibration, and reliability engineering.
• Experience with GD&T, tolerance analysis, tolerance stack-ups, and design verification.
• Experience performing structural, modal, and dynamic analysis of mechanical systems and moving machinery.
• Experience selecting materials and manufacturing processes for high-volume products, including sheet metal, aluminum extrusions, castings, machined components, and injection-molded plastics.
• Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), Design for Reliability (DFR), and Design for Cost (DFC).
• Experience working with global suppliers and contract manufacturing partners to support high-volume production.
• Experience with requirements development, interface management, risk assessment, and system-level trade studies.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, including subsystem ownership, technical decision-making, design reviews, and mentoring engineers.
• Strong troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills, with a hands-on engineering mindset.
• Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field; relevant experience may substitute for formal education.

Nice To Haves

• Experience developing robotics, automation equipment, autonomous systems, material handling equipment, or industrial machinery.
• Experience with warehouse automation, ASRS systems, or automated fulfillment technologies.
• Experience with reliability growth testing, accelerated life testing, and field-performance analysis.
• Experience working within cross-functional product development teams spanning mechanical, electrical, controls, and software disciplines.
• Experience with automated warehouse products.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical and electromechanical system design and development from concept through architecture, CAD design, prototyping, validation, and production release.
• Own subsystem architecture, component strategy, and technical trade-offs involving performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Design mechanical solutions, including structural components, mechanisms, drive systems, robotic assemblies, and other electromechanical systems.
• Lead and conduct root-cause investigations into design, manufacturing, reliability, and field-performance issues.
• Perform and guide FEA, fatigue analysis, tolerance stack-ups, dynamic analysis, vibration assessments, and design verification.
• Drive DFM, DFA, DFR, and other design-for-X activities with suppliers and manufacturing partners to support scalable, cost-effective production.
• Own prototype builds, engineering validation testing, pilot builds, and production launch activities.
• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, software, controls, manufacturing, and systems engineering teams on product integration.
• Develop mechanical systems designed for reliable operation in demanding robotic and automated warehouse environments.
• Define and execute functional, environmental, vibration, fatigue, wear, and life-cycle testing to validate product performance and reliability.
• Support supplier development, component qualification, manufacturing readiness, and continuous product improvement.
• Provide technical leadership through subsystem ownership, technical decision-making, design reviews, and mentoring engineers.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution.
• Generous paid time off, including 12 holidays, paid exercise time, paid volunteer time, and paid parental leave plans for all new parents.
• Retirement 401(k) plan with employer match and discretionary profit-sharing contribution.
• Educational assistance and professional development programs, including mentorship/coaching programs with external industry leaders.
• Group Life Insurance and Voluntary Additional Life Insurance.
• Disability Insurance.
• Employee Assistance programs.

What This Job Offers

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