Founding Mechanical Engineer — AI Inference Hardware

Digitailor; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Normal Computing in Silicon Valley is seeking a founding mechanical engineer to lead the mechanical design of our AI inference hardware. You will define form factor, thermal envelope, and serviceability for deployment across racks and servers, ensuring manufacturability and reliable integration with partners.

You will collaborate with silicon, systems, and deployment engineers, and oversee external design and manufacturing partners throughout the build and qualification process.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of experience owning accelerator or server hardware.
• Strong solid modeling skills in SolidWorks, Creo, or NX with FEA and tolerance analysis.
• Hands-on thermal design and validation for server or accelerator hardware.
• Experience integrating server hardware into standard chassis and racks with serviceability considerations.
• Electrical fluency to read schematics and coordinate with electrical engineers.

Responsibilities

• Own the electromechanical design of inference hardware from configuration to deployable product.
• Define mechanical integration of compute, host platform, networking, and power in the chassis.
• Validate airflow and thermals with a fully populated system and design for serviceability by a technician in a live rack.
• Set rack configuration, power distribution layout, cabling, and mounting approach across common formats.
• Own drawing and BOM releases, manufacturability reviews, and resolution of build failures.
• Coordinate safety and EMC certification and environmental compliance with the electrical team and lab.

Skills

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

FEA

Tolerance analysis

Design for manufacturing

Thermal design

Server hardware

Rack integration

Job description

Normal Computing in Silicon Valley is seeking a founding mechanical engineer to lead the mechanical design of our AI inference hardware. You will define form factor, thermal envelope, and serviceability for deployment across racks and servers, ensuring manufacturability and reliable integration with partners.

You will collaborate with silicon, systems, and deployment engineers, and oversee external design and manufacturing partners throughout the build and qualification process.