Hands-On Mechanical Engineer for Robotic Finishing Cells

Samson Rose; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Samson Rose in San Francisco is seeking a strong, hands-on mechanical engineer to design, build, and deploy robotic grinding and finishing cells for metal parts used across buildings, planes, cars, and spaces. You’ll collaborate with the hardware team to take concepts from CAD to fabricated assemblies and real-world deployment.

You’ll gain hands-on experience on the factory floor, deploying cells in customer facilities and learning processes from the parts up.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in mechanical engineering.
• Solid mechanical engineering fundamentals and strong CAD skills.
• Demonstrated ability to build real hardware and hands-on fabrication.
• Desire to learn robotic grinding and surface finishing from the ground up.
• Comfort on a factory floor and willingness to learn from early mistakes.

Responsibilities

• Design and build parts of grinding and finishing cells (fixturing, end effectors, mounts, guarding, mechanical guts).
• Turn designs into real hardware: CAD, fabrication, assembly, and iterative refinement.
• Deploy and debug cells on customer floors to learn processes from the parts up.
• Grow into ownership of increasingly challenging mechanical problems.

Skills

CAD

Mechanical fundamentals

Hands-on fabrication

Factory floor experience

Robotics exposure

Job description

Samson Rose in San Francisco is seeking a strong, hands-on mechanical engineer to design, build, and deploy robotic grinding and finishing cells for metal parts used across buildings, planes, cars, and spaces. You’ll collaborate with the hardware team to take concepts from CAD to fabricated assemblies and real-world deployment.

You’ll gain hands-on experience on the factory floor, deploying cells in customer facilities and learning processes from the parts up.