Senior Mechanical Engineer

Maxwell Bond; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 96,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxwell Bond is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer for a robotics company developing an automotive automation platform. You will own the design of complex robotic subsystems, including mechanical architecture, multi-axis actuation, and dynamic mechanisms.

The role involves solving challenging problems through simulation, testing, and prototyping, while helping set engineering standards and guiding the wider mechanical team in a true start-up environment with significant autonomy.

Qualifications

• 10+ years designing electro-mechanical or mechatronic systems from concept through production.
• Experience specifying actuator-driven systems, motors, gear trains, encoders, load cells, proximity sensors.
• Strong analysis across dynamics, modelling, vibration, kinematics, load calculations, FEA, GD&T, and production-ready docs.

Responsibilities

• Own the mechanical design of complex robotic subsystems from concept through production.
• Define mechanical architecture, multi-axis actuation, and dynamic mechanisms.
• Use simulation, testing, and prototyping to validate designs.
• Help set engineering standards and guide the mechanical team.

Skills

Electro-mechanical design

Mechatronics

Mechanical analysis

SolidWorks

GD&T (ASME Y14.5)

FEA

Vibration analysis

Kinematics

System dynamics

Tolerance analysis

Education

MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering or Robotics Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CAD tooling

Job description

Up to $160k+ with Equity on offer

I am hiring for a Senior Mechanical Engineer on behalf of a well-funded robotics company developing a first-of-its-kind automotive automation platform. They're tackling a highly manual process that has remained largely unchanged for decades, combining precision mechanics, advanced motion systems, and intelligent automation to transform the way critical industrial operations are performed.

What's in it for you?

• Join a well-funded, fast-growing robotics company with significant autonomy, technical influence, and a competitive compensation up to $160k + Equity package
• Solve complex first-principles engineering challenges across precision mechanics, multi-axis motion, and intelligent automation within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team.
• Take ownership of the mechanical design of a next-generation robotics platform, from concept through production.

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you'll own the design of complex robotic subsystems, including mechanical architecture, multi-axis actuation, and dynamic mechanisms. You'll solve challenging mechanical problems through simulation, testing, and prototyping while helping set engineering standards and guide the wider mechanical team.

Just as important as your technical background is your mindset. This is a true start-up environment, as a Senior Mechanical Engineer you'll have significant autonomy to solve complex problems, make technical decisions, and shape the future of a category-defining robotics product alongside a multidisciplinary engineering team.

What the Ideal Candidate Will Bring:

• 10+ years' experience designing complex electro-mechanical or mechatronic systems from concept through production as a Senior/Lead Mechanical Engineer
• Extensive experience designing and specifying actuator-driven systems, motors, gear trains, encoders, load cells, proximity sensors, and other motion control components
• Strong mechanical analysis and design expertise across system dynamics, modelling, vibration analysis, kinematics, static/dynamic load calculations, SolidWorks, GD&T (ASME Y14.5), tolerance analysis, FEA, and production-ready engineering documentation.

Desirable Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics Engineering, or a related discipline
• Industrial robotics, automation, or industrial tooling design experience
• Experience developing system models, free body diagrams, governing equations, and kinematic analyses
• Experience working with industrial control systems as well as developing engineering documentation processes including BOMs, CAD vaults, and part numbering systems

This is an opportunity for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join an exceptional engineering team at an exciting stage of growth, with significant ownership over the mechanical design and development of a next-generation robotic platform that will redefine how automotive servicing is performed.