Wonder

Sr Mechanical Engineer

Wonder$155K — $163K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
  • Minimum 6 years of experience in product development, especially in industrial automation or food equipment
  • Experience in designing electro-mechanical systems using custom parts and automation components
  • Demonstrated balance between product performance, user experience, maintenance, and cost
  • Familiarity with the entire design cycle, from rapid prototyping to production-level designs
  • Proficient with Solidworks or equivalent CAD software
  • Experience managing changes in PDM and PLM systems
  • Strong mechanical aptitude for hands-on prototyping and assembly

Responsibilities

  • Tackle complex design challenges and manage the prototype-to-production process
  • Adapt designs throughout the product lifecycle as needed
  • Independently advance project milestones with minimal oversight
  • Create high-quality 3D CAD and 2D manufacturing drawings
  • Mentor junior engineers in design and validation processes
  • Participate in the on-call rotation for technical support

Benefits

  • Competitive salary package including equity and 401K
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans to meet employee needs
  • Additional unlisted benefits and perks
Full Job Description

About The Opportunity

We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer to be a key technical asset for our hardware team as we build the next generation of automated food equipment. You will be a high-level individual contributor responsible for turning complex concepts into robust, production-ready hardware.  As an expert who has seen both the right and wrong ways to build systems, you will use that experience to immediately own the design of high-stakes automation subsystems.  You will work closely with the project leads to ensure the project’s technical vision is executed flawlessly on a tight timeline.  We have multiple product lines at various stages of maturity, we’re looking for someone who brings experience at all stages.

The Impact You Will Make 

  • You’ll tackle the most difficult design problems, and own all facets of the prototype-to-production process - design, procure, build, test.

  • Expertly shift between the different requirements of a design as it progresses through its product lifecycle. You know when a quick test is best, and when to invest time polishing a drawing for manufacturing.

  • Independently drive your projects forward. You are accountable for the end result as well as meeting aggressive deadlines with limited oversight.

  • Create clean 3D CAD and excellent 2D drawings that set examples for other engineers on the team.

  • Mentor younger engineers. Provide design, testing, and validation feedback.

  • Willingness to participate in our on-call rotation to provide stores with technical support

What You Bring to the Table 

  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field

  • At least 6yrs of experience in mechanical engineering product development, ideally in industrial automation, food equipment, or biomedical automation. You’ve been a part of products going from concept to production.

  • Experience designing electro-mechanical systems combining custom parts with industrial automation components such as pneumatics, linear actuators, servos, and various sensors.

  • A track record of successfully balancing pure product performance with secondary factors such as user experience, maintenance, and cost.

  • Pride in seeing your projects excel.  You don’t shy away from holding yourself and others accountable to make sure things stay on track.

  • Experience from all stages of a design cycle. Just as comfortable designing a quick prototype to test as you are designing parts for a wide variety of manufacturing processes. 

  • Strong experience with Solidworks or equivalent CAD programs. Deep knowledge of best practices for clean parametric CAD and production quality drawings.

  • Confidently and cleanly execute changes within a PDM and PLM system depending on project maturity. 

  • Strong mechanical aptitude. Comfortable building things from scratch, using hand tools and prototyping tools such as mill, lathe, laser cutter, 3D printer.

This role is based in our Boston office in Charlestown, MA. This role requires a minimum of 4 days a week in the office, with additional days as needed based on project demands. 

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Massachusetts: $155,000-$163,000 per year.

Wonder uses geographic-specific salary structures, which means the salary offered may vary depending on where the job is located. The final salary offer will take into account various factors, such as the candidate's skills, education, training, credentials, and experience.

Benefits

We offer a competitive salary package including equity and 401K. Additionally, we provide multiple medical, dental, and vision plans to meet all of our employees' needs as well as many benefits and perks that are not listed.  

About Wonder

World of Wonder Productions is an American production company founded in 1991 by filmmakers Randy Barbato and Portsmouth-born Fenton Bailey. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company specializes in documentary television and film productions, with credits including the Million Dollar Listing docuseries, RuPaul's Drag Race, and the documentary films Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures and The Eyes of Tammy Faye. Together, Bailey and Barbato have produced programming through World of Wonder for HBO, Bravo, HGTV, Showtime, the BBC, Netflix, and VH1. World of Wonder is perhaps best known for its contributions towards LGBTQ programming, for which they won an Outfest Annual Achievement Award in 2011. Their most well known LGBTQ production is RuPaul's Drag Race, having managed the career of drag queen and titular host RuPaul for many years before this, eventually producing the franchise alongside the majority of its live shows, podcasts, television specials, and conventions.
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