Senior Mechanical Engineer — Robotics Hardware (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

High ownership role

Job summary

Verustruct seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical design for its robotic construction platform. You will guide subsystems from concept through CAD, prototyping, testing, and deployment, collaborating across controls, materials, and structural engineering to deliver a cohesive hardware solution.

You will mentor junior engineers, define design standards, and help scale a venture-backed team focused on affordable, sustainable housing technology.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of mechanical design experience in robotics, heavy machinery, or similar hardware systems.
• Strong CAD fluency, ideally in Siemens NX, with concept-to-fabricated hardware experience.
• Hands-on prototyping, test planning, failure analysis and rapid iteration.
• Strong understanding of mechanisms, structures, actuators, tolerances, materials, and manufacturability.
• Experience with FEA, topology optimization, welded structures, sheet metal, machined parts, or large assemblies is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design mechanical subsystems for robotic construction equipment, including formwork, locomotion, material delivery and tooling.
• Lead component selection, tolerancing, structural analysis, DFM, and fabrication strategy.
• Lead build, bring-up, testing, and iteration of next-generation prototype systems.
• Collaborate with controls, electrical, materials, and structural engineering to integrate hardware.
• Develop design standards, documentation practices, and workflows as the team grows.
• Mentor junior engineers and interns to raise hardware development standards.

Skills

Robotics mechanical design

CAD fluency

Prototyping & test planning

Mechanisms & tolerances

Hardware development lifecycle

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

FEA software

Job description

Verustruct seeks an experienced Mechanical Engineer to own the mechanical design for its robotic construction platform. You will guide subsystems from concept through CAD, prototyping, testing, and deployment, collaborating across controls, materials, and structural engineering to deliver a cohesive hardware solution.

You will mentor junior engineers, define design standards, and help scale a venture-backed team focused on affordable, sustainable housing technology.