Mechanical Engineer, Robotics - Build, Test & Iterate (SF)

Raydar; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

raydar is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to own assemblies from concept to validation. You will perform analyses, select materials, and model parts in 3D CAD for machining, sheet metal, and welding.

You will build and test your own parts on fixtures and the full machine, iterating quickly from test results. You will join a fast-paced hardware team, applying hand calculations or FEA to validate designs, while ensuring manufacturability in steel and aluminum.

Qualifications

• Mechanical engineering degree required.
• Experience designing actuated mechanisms (linear actuators, motors and drives) that move accurately and repeatably.
• Strong first-principles judgment, able to catch errors in numbers or direction and back decisions with hand calculations or finite element analysis.
• A track record of carrying a mechanical system through design, build and test in a quick-paced hardware environment.
• Experience designing steel and aluminum parts for machining, sheet metal and welding.
• Able to work on-site in San Francisco five days a week, and six days during crunch periods.

Responsibilities

• Take a subassembly and its parts from initial concept through analysis, fabrication, assembly and validation.
• Carry out supporting engineering analysis, including hand calculations, tolerance stack-ups, material and fastener selection, and basic finite element analysis.
• Model parts in 3D CAD software and prepare them for machining, sheet metal and welding.
• Build, assemble and test your own parts on fixtures and on the complete machine.
• Revise parts quickly based on test results, often within the same week.
• Collaborate with the wider engineering team on whichever priorities matter most at the time.

Skills

Actuated mechanisms design

Finite element analysis

First-principles judgment

Machining, sheet metal & welding

3D CAD modeling

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

3D CAD software

Finite element analysis software

Job description

raydar is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to own assemblies from concept to validation. You will perform analyses, select materials, and model parts in 3D CAD for machining, sheet metal, and welding.

You will build and test your own parts on fixtures and the full machine, iterating quickly from test results. You will join a fast-paced hardware team, applying hand calculations or FEA to validate designs, while ensuring manufacturability in steel and aluminum.