Mechanical Engineer, Robotics & Lab Automation

European Recruitment BV; United States; On-site; USD 95,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Weekday team dinners

Job summary

European Recruitment BV is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join its early engineering team in San Francisco. This hands-on role focuses on designing, prototyping, testing, and scaling mechanical systems for robotic laboratory automation, with ownership across disciplines.

The position is 100% on-site in San Francisco, with relocation support. Benefits include medical and dental insurance, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and weekday team dinners.

Qualifications

• 1–7 years of hands-on mechanical design experience.
• Experience designing and shipping physical hardware into manufacturing.
• Experience in a small team, startup, or early-stage company.
• Breadth across hardware domains or component families.
• Strong mechanical intuition and hands-on problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, test, validate, and iterate on mechanical systems for robotic lab automation.
• Create CAD designs, drawings, assemblies, and production-ready docs.
• Build, test, and iterate hardware prototypes across development cycles.
• Develop mechanical and robotic solutions to manipulate lab tools.
• Take hardware from concept to validation and manufacturing.
• Apply design-for-manufacturing principles and work with suppliers.
• Debug mechanical issues hands-on and implement practical fixes.
• Collaborate across mechanical, robotics, electrical, software, and science teams.

Skills

Hands-on mechanical design

Hardware debugging

Prototyping

DFM

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Portfolio of projects

Rapid iteration mindset

Education

BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering or related

Tools

At least one professional CAD package

Job description

European Recruitment BV is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to join its early engineering team in San Francisco. This hands-on role focuses on designing, prototyping, testing, and scaling mechanical systems for robotic laboratory automation, with ownership across disciplines.

The position is 100% on-site in San Francisco, with relocation support. Benefits include medical and dental insurance, 401(k), unlimited PTO, and weekday team dinners.