Mechanical Engineer — End-to-End Robotics & Production

Surge Group; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

This is a fully in-person Mechanical Engineer role in the Bay Area. You will design, build, and scale robotic and mechanical systems for our first production facility, integrating across mechanical, controls, and manufacturing systems.

We welcome experienced engineers with 5–10+ years in hardware, mechatronics, or robotics, or exceptional recent graduates with hands-on project experience. You will own end-to-end development and potentially lead a small hardware team.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Hands-on engineering

Mechatronics

Robotics

Leadership potential

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Job description

This is a fully in-person Mechanical Engineer role in the Bay Area. You will design, build, and scale robotic and mechanical systems for our first production facility, integrating across mechanical, controls, and manufacturing systems.

We welcome experienced engineers with 5–10+ years in hardware, mechatronics, or robotics, or exceptional recent graduates with hands-on project experience. You will own end-to-end development and potentially lead a small hardware team.