Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotics (San Francisco) Job at Watneyrobotics, San Francisco, CA

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  • Watneyrobotics
  • San Francisco, CA

Job Description

About Watney

Watney develops autonomous robots to enable the growth of critical infrastructure. Having recently raised $21 million in seed funding from Conviction, Abstract and A*, were partnering with the worlds largest hyperscalers to accelerate datacenter buildout and breakfix.

Join now for a ground-floor seat with outsized ownership and visibility as we scale from prototype to production fleets. Ship real systems, shape the rollout playbook, and leave fingerprints on a category-defining robotics company.

The Role

As one of the foundational members of our Engineering team, you will design components and assemblies for our fast-growing fleet of production robots. We like to ship fast. From Day 1, youll play an instrumental role in bringing our products to life, owning critical pieces of our hardware design from concept to production.

Working directly with our founding team, this role is based onsite at our San Francisco headquarters.

What Youll Do

  • Design custom mechanical components for our advanced robotics and teleoperations systems, including end-effectors, grippers, manipulators, mounts, etc
  • Develop and implement solutions for rapid prototyping of new hardware designs to ensure performance, reliability and manufacturability
  • Integrate mechanical components within larger hardware systems, ensuring they meet performance and project goals
  • Provide technical leadership and advise leadership on technology strategy and decision-making
  • Collaborate with Hardware Engineers and Ops team to support overall product development, enabling our autonomous robotics solutions

What You'll Bring

  • 4+ years of mechanical design experience
  • In-depth, handson experience, owning endtoend mechanical design of components and assemblies for robotics systems, medical devices, rockets, drones, automotive systems or like
  • Proficiency designing parts and systems using 3D modeling software such as Creo, Solidworks or NX. Onshape a big plus!
  • Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
  • Strong sense of ownership, initiative, problem solving and analysis
  • Effective communicator and collaborator with the ability to work closely with Hardware Engineers and Ops team in a fastpaced environment

Compensation

$180,000 - $220,000 annual salary. We offer competitive compensation, including equity and comprehensive benefits.

Were committed to building a diverse, inclusive team. At Watney Robotics, we welcome people of all backgrounds and identities, and we make hiring decisions based on skills, experience, and potential. If youre passionate about robotics but dont meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply!

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