Mechanical Engineer

Pivot Robotics

$90K — $120K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of mechanical engineering principles
  • Proficiency in CAD software for design and development
  • Demonstrated history of building and creating real hardware
  • Willingness to learn about robotic grinding and finishing
  • Comfortable working in a dynamic factory setting with hands-on problem solving
  • Collaborative mindset focused on high productivity and quality

Responsibilities

  • Design and construct components for grinding and finishing robotic cells
  • Transform designs into functional hardware through CAD, fabrication, and assembly
  • Deploy and troubleshoot robotic cells directly in customer environments
  • Take ownership of progressively complex mechanical challenges
  • Iterate on designs based on feedback and real-world application

Benefits

  • Opportunity to impact diverse industries including aerospace, automotive, and construction
  • Hands-on experience working directly with cutting-edge robotic technology
  • Collaborative team environment fostering continuous learning and innovation
  • Path for personal and professional growth as responsibilities increase
  • Engagement with challenging physical problems to solve in real-world settings
Full Job Description
The role

We're looking for a strong, hands-on mechanical engineer to join our hardware team. You don't need to be an expert in grinding or robotics yet, but you need to be a genuinely good builder who's hungry to learn a hard, physical problem and get their hands dirty doing it. You'll work alongside our existing mechanical engineers designing, building, and deploying the robotic cells that finish metal parts in real factories. The impact is tremendous. All of these parts go on to exist inside buildings, planes, cars, streets, robots, data centers, other factories, and even things that go into space.

What you'll do
  • Design and build parts of our grinding and finishing cells (fixturing, end effectors, mounts, guarding, the mechanical guts of a working machine).
  • Turn designs into real hardware: CAD, fab, assembly, and the iteration in between.
  • Get on the floor. You'll help deploy and debug cells in customer facilities and learn the process from the parts up.
  • Grow into ownership of harder mechanical problems as you go.
What we're looking for
  • Solid mechanical engineering fundamentals and strong CAD skills.
  • Someone who actually builds things and proof you've made real hardware.
  • Hunger to learn robotic grinding and surface finishing from the ground up.
  • Comfort being on a factory floor, and being wrong on the way to being right.
  • Low ego, high output, and deep care in transforming the way America builds things.
Nice to have
  • Experience with robot integration, fixturing, or automation.
  • Hands-on fabrication skills (machining, welding, etc.).
  • Exposure to manufacturing or foundry environments.


None of it happens if you can't build it. If this resonates, we'd love to talk.

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