Mechanical Engineer

Surge Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge Group in the Bay Area is seeking an experienced Mechanical Engineer to design, build, and scale its first production facilities. This is a hands-on role that spans robotics, mechanics, controls, and manufacturing integration, with ownership from concept through production.

You will own end-to-end design and integration, develop components, and help establish engineering processes. The role is full-time and on-site in the Bay Area, with a fast-paced environment and potential to lead a

Qualifications

• 5-10+ years hands-on mechanical or hardware engineering experience.
• Experience in high-velocity advanced manufacturing, space, defense, robotics or comparable environments.
• Proven track record from design through build to production.
• Strong mechatronics/robotics experience.
• Comfortable across mechanical systems, controls and manufacturing integration.
• Evidence of increasing technical ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design, build and integration of robotic and mechanical systems.
• Develop components and integrate them into complete operating subsystems.
• Architect and scale production systems from prototype through industrial deployment.
• Work across mechanical design, controls, and manufacturing systems integration.
• Help establish internal engineering processes, design cycles and review standards.
• Collaborate closely with process, software and other engineering disciplines.
• Take ownership of complex cross-functional technical problems.
• For experienced candidates, help manage and develop a small hardware engineering team.
• Work directly within the company's live processing and manufacturing environment.

Skills

Robotics

Mechatronics

Hardware engineering

Technical ownership

Systems integration

Job description

Bay Area, CA | Fully On-Site | Full-Time

We're partnered with an early-stage advanced manufacturing company building next-generation infrastructure for critical-material processing.

The company is developing highly automated production systems that combine robotics, mechanical engineering, controls, and advanced manufacturing, and is now hiring a Mechanical Engineer to help design, build, and scale its first production facility in the Bay Area.

This is a highly hands-on role. You won't simply operate or maintain existing equipment - you'll help design, build, integrate and scale the systems themselves.

Profile types:

• Experienced mechanical/hardware engineers with a strong track record of building and scaling physical systems.
• Senior/ Lead/ Staff level engineers

What You'll Be Doing

• Own the end-to-end design, build and integration of robotic and mechanical systems.
• Develop individual components and integrate them into complete operating subsystems.
• Architect and scale production systems from prototype through industrial deployment.
• Work across mechanical design, controls, and manufacturing systems integration.
• Help establish internal engineering processes, design cycles and review standards.
• Collaborate closely with process, software and other engineering disciplines.
• Take ownership of complex cross-functional technical problems.
• For experienced candidates, help manage and develop a small hardware engineering team.
• Work directly within the company's live processing and manufacturing environment.

What We're Looking For

Experienced Candidates

• Approximately 5-10+ years of hands-on mechanical or hardware engineering experience.
• Strong experience within high-velocity advanced manufacturing, space, defense, robotics or comparable engineering environments.
• A track record of taking physical systems from design through build to functioning production.
• Strong mechatronics and/or robotics experience.
• Comfortable working across mechanical systems, controls and manufacturing integration.
• Evidence of increasing technical ownership and responsibility throughout your career.

Particularly relevant backgrounds include organizations such as SpaceX, Tesla, Anduril, Relativity Space, or comparable advanced-manufacturing environments.

You’ll Stand Out If You

• Have built something successfully end-to-end.
• Have helped commission or stand up a production line or industrial facility.
• Combine strong hands-on engineering ability with leadership potential.
• Take high levels of ownership and move quickly from problem to working solution.
• Are comfortable operating across robotics, hardware, software and process engineering.
• Are motivated by building new domestic manufacturing infrastructure.

This is a fully in-person role in the Bay Area. The team operates at a high-intensity pace, typically around 50-60 hours per week across six days, with Saturdays generally being a half day.

This is largely due to the company being at an early stage and the demands of getting its first facility operational. This is not intended to be the long-term working model, with hours expected to become more sustainable as the company scales and the team grows.