Mechanical Engineer - Structural & Thermal Specialist

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking experienced Mechanical Engineers to support an advanced engineering and AI research initiative with a leading technology organisation. We are looking for deeply hands‑on engineers who have designed, analysed, built, tested, validated, or troubleshot real‑world mechanical and electromechanical systems in production environments.

You will apply hands‑on expertise across structures, thermal, dynamics, and controls, reviewing designs, simulations, and testing workflows.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional mechanical engineering experience with hands-on hardware.
• Experience owning hardware lifecycle from requirements to manufacturing readiness.
• Strong background in structural/stress analysis, thermal management, or mechanics.
• Proficiency with CAD/CAE, FEA, CFD, and data-driven troubleshooting.
• Experience designing and testing real-world hardware in relevant industries.
• Ability to provide practical engineering judgment and root-cause analysis.

Responsibilities

• Apply hands-on mechanical engineering expertise to complex tasks involving real physical systems and products.
• Review and evaluate mechanical designs, analyses, simulation results, test methodologies, and troubleshooting approaches.
• Analyse trade-offs involving structures, materials, thermal performance, mechanical design, dynamics, vibration, controls, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Assess the technical correctness and practical feasibility of engineering solutions generated for real-world mechanical engineering problems.
• Identify incorrect assumptions, unrealistic boundary conditions, design deficiencies, failure modes, and potential risks.
• Develop or review technically rigorous engineering problems, reference solutions, evaluation criteria, and supporting technical documentation.
• Draw on practical experience with design, simulation, prototyping, hardware integration, test, validation, qualification, debugging, and manufacturing.
• Provide clear technical feedback grounded in real-world engineering experience and established engineering principles.

Skills

Hands-on hardware development

Design for manufacturability

CAD/CAE proficiency

FEA/CFD analysis

Vibration & dynamics

Test & validation

Tools

CAD/CAE

FEA

CFD

Data acquisition

Job description

Mercor is seeking experienced Mechanical Engineers to support an advanced engineering and AI research initiative with a leading technology organisation. We are looking for deeply hands‑on engineers who have designed, analysed, built, tested, validated, or troubleshot real‑world mechanical and electromechanical systems in production environments.

You will apply hands‑on expertise across structures, thermal, dynamics, and controls, reviewing designs, simulations, and testing workflows.