Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotic Construction — Equity

Verustruct; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan with employer match

Flexible PTO

Relocation support

Equity participation

Job summary

Verustruct is hiring a Senior/Lead Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical design of our robotic construction platform. You will take subsystems from concept through CAD, analysis, prototyping, testing, and deployment, collaborating with controls, materials, and electrical teams.

You will help define mechanical architecture for a new category of construction technology, mentor junior engineers, and help scale design standards as the team grows in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of mechanical design experience in robotics or related hardware fields.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical subsystems for robotic construction equipment (formwork, locomotion, material delivery, consolidation).
• Drive component selection, tolerance analysis, structural analysis, DFM, and fabrication strategy.
• Lead build, bring-up, testing, and iteration of prototype systems.
• Collaborate with controls, electrical, materials, and structural engineering to integrate hardware.
• Develop design standards, documentation practices, and workflows for the mechanical team.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns, setting hardware development standards.

Skills

CAD fluency

Siemens NX expertise

Prototyping

Failure analysis

Rapid iteration

Mechanisms & structures

Electromechanical systems

Startup environment adaptability

Tools

Siemens NX

Job description

Verustruct is hiring a Senior/Lead Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical design of our robotic construction platform. You will take subsystems from concept through CAD, analysis, prototyping, testing, and deployment, collaborating with controls, materials, and electrical teams.

You will help define mechanical architecture for a new category of construction technology, mentor junior engineers, and help scale design standards as the team grows in a fast-moving startup environment.