Senior / Staff Mechanical Engineer - R&D

Fulfil; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Remote-friendly occasionally

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401K

Life and disability coverage

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Fulfil is building a custom automation robotics system to pick and pack online orders, combining mechanical design with software and vision to transform the grocery supply chain. This role focuses on designing and deploying robust equipment, leading costly improvements, and ensuring reliability across large-scale manufacturing sites.

We seek a hands-on engineer with 4–8 years of experience and a strong CAD background (SolidWorks).

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of experience designing and building complex mechanical systems.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• Experience with DFM, DFMEA, 8D, six sigma, relevant engineering tools.
• Experience with CAD, ideally SolidWorks.
• Willingness to travel up to 30% of the time for site deployments.
• Hands-on aptitude to troubleshoot issues and generate solutions.
• Interest in startup environments and environmental impact.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new equipment or functionality to improve the Fulfil technical ecosystem.
• Own proprietary automation system design with a focus on deployment, production scale, reliability.
• Identify and implement mechanical design improvements and validate with data.
• Lead cost reduction and reliability improvement for mature products.
• Align work to the company roadmap and evaluate value via reliability, opex, capex, throughput.
• Lead 3D CAD and BOM generation and detailed design on large complex systems.
• Create detailed component and assembly drawings using GD&T.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing to create tests and processes for reliability and efficiency.
• Collaborate with NPI and Operations to drive hardware deployment in new facilities.

Skills

Mechanical design

DFM

DFMEA

Eight Disciplines (8D)

Six Sigma

CAD

Education

Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

PDM / Arena Solutions PLM

Job description

Fulfil is a well-funded, rapidly growing, and inclusive company that has developed a custom automation robotics system to pick and pack online orders of groceries and other consumables, bringing delight and a value proposition to consumers that doesn't exist today. Additionally, its unique design and technology is purpose-built to solve today's environmental problems in the world's food supply chain. Founded by a team with previous startup success and backed by top-tier VCs, we are committed to reducing waste, improving environmental impact, and reducing emissions with truly new technology. Our first commercial product launch went live in 2024, we deployed more in 2025 and are in line for even more in 2026.

We can't do it alone -- we're seeking curious, capable, passionate team members motivated by the opportunity to create lasting impact on the world through their work. This role offers ample growth opportunities while working side-by-side with an impassioned, multi-disciplinary team spanning mechanical design, software, computer vision, systems integration, and ops to design and operationalize world-changing technology.

Your Responsibilities

• Develop and implement new equipment or functionality to improve the Fulfil technical ecosystem
• Own proprietary automation system design with a focus on functional and efficient deployment, large-scale manufacturing and lifetime productivity and reliability
• Identify and implement mechanical design improvements and product changes to solve issues. Verify your improvements effectiveness with a data driven approach
• Lead cost reduction and reliability improvement efforts for mature products
• Align work to the company business roadmap. Evaluate value of work by trading reliability, opex, capex, throughput, and opportunities to increase performance
• Lead 3D CAD and BOM generation, perform detailed design work on large complex systems
• Create detailed component and assembly drawings using GD&T
• Work with the Manufacturing teams to create processes, tests, and procedures to improve machine reliability and manufacturing and assembly efficiency.
• Work with NPI and Operations teams to drive hardware deployment in new facilities

What We're Looking For

• 4-8 years of experience designing and building complex mechanical systems
• Bachelor's or master's degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent
• Experience with DFM, DFMEA, 8D, six sigma, relevant engineering tools
• Experience with CAD, ideally Solidworks
• Ability to travel when we deploy new sites - could be up to 30% of the time for a few months of the year
• Hands on aptitude – able to dive in and troubleshoot issues
• Ability to generate ideas in response to complex issues and execute on solutions
• Desire to work in a startup environment
• Cares about the world and wants to have an impact on it

What we'd love to see

• Expert in Solidworks PDM, Arena Solutions PLM
• Proven record of bringing concepts to production in low turnaround
• Experience in motor system sizingExperience in overseeing engineering products made in large quantities
• Experience designing robust automation equipment
• Experience in food tech and/or automation
• Not afraid of robots

What You Get

• A chance to be a member of a startup with equity
• Ability to solve complex problems with a world-class team
• Flexibility to occasionally work from home when collaboration isn't needed
• A low-ego company culture that is obsessed with feedback and helping each other grow
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with 401K, life and disability coverage as well
• Generous paid time off
• The salary range for this position is $135,000- $175,000 depending on experience

At Fulfil we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, capabilities, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.