Senior Mechanical Engineer

Vital Lyfe • Los Angeles, CA

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About The Position

Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation — creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t.

The Mission
Own and build the core mechanical systems behind our product—pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and fluid-handling assemblies—and take them from early concepts to production at scale. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role for someone who wants to design, test, break, fix, and ship hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience designing and shipping mechanical or electromechanical hardware.
• Strong CAD and FEA skills applied to real, production-intent designs.
• Experience taking products from prototype to manufacturing.
• Comfort working in ambiguity and making tradeoffs with incomplete information.
• Bias toward action, ownership, and practical engineering solutions.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with consumer hardware or high-volume manufacturing.
• Background in pumps, valves, pressure systems, or fluid mechanics.
• Exposure to automation, manufacturing process development, or production equipment.
• Startup or early-stage company experience.

Responsibilities

• Own major mechanical subsystems from concept through production ramp and launch.
• Design, prototype, and validate pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and related mechanical components.
• Drive system-level tradeoffs across performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
• Build and run test plans to validate performance across real-world environments and edge cases.
• Work closely with electrical, firmware, industrial design, and manufacturing to turn ideas into shipped product.
• Help design and improve manufacturing processes and production equipment, including fixtures, tooling, and automation concepts.
• Iterate fast—identify problems, propose solutions, and implement changes without heavy process overhead.
• Support supplier selection, part qualification, and production ramp.
• Mentor junior engineers as the team grows (without becoming detached from hands-on work).

Benefits

• Work on high-impact problems with global relevance
• Help scale breakthrough technology in water security and climate resilience
• Early ownership in a high-growth, engineering-led startup
• Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team in a fast-paced environment
• Build long-term career equity as we grow

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees