Senior Mechanical Engineer - Autonomous Marine Prototyping

Front Door Defense; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

Generous PTO

Parental Leave

Competitive Salary

401(k) Plan

Stock Options

Life & Disability Insurance

Free Lunch

Unlimited Snacks

Job summary

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Special Programs team in Austin, TX. You will design and prototype mechanical assemblies for autonomous marine platforms, turning ideas into tangible hardware and showing rapid iteration.

You will develop CAD models, run experiments, and collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to validate designs under harsh marine conditions, supporting field tests and demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Experience building complex systems from scratch, including autonomous platforms.
• Experience in marine, aerospace, robotics, or automotive hardware development.
• Proficiency in CAD: SolidWorks, NX.
• Fabrication experience is a plus (machining, welding, hand-tools).
• Excellent problem-solving and fast-paced startup collaboration.
• Strong communication with cross-functional teams.
• Comfort with high uncertainty, limited resources, tight schedules.

Responsibilities

• Develop mechanical assemblies and systems for a variety of applications.
• Generate initial concepts, CAD designs, and engineering drawings.
• Prototype, test, and validate subsystems and full systems.
• Evaluate designs for reliability in harsh marine environments.
• Collaborate with vendors and manufacturing partners to source components.
• Support field testing and government demonstrations.

Skills

Autonomous platforms

Marine hardware

Robotics

CAD SolidWorks

CAD NX

Fabrication experience

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Strong communication

High-uncertainty work

Tools

SolidWorks

NX

Job description

Saronic Technologies is seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the Special Programs team in Austin, TX. You will design and prototype mechanical assemblies for autonomous marine platforms, turning ideas into tangible hardware and showing rapid iteration.

You will develop CAD models, run experiments, and collaborate with suppliers and cross-functional teams to validate designs under harsh marine conditions, supporting field tests and demonstrations.