Senior Mechanical Engineer, Nimble Robotics

• BS/MS/Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience
• 5+ years of industry mechanical engineering experience
• CAD expert (3+ yrs in Solidworks preferred)
• Machine design experience is required for this role
• Extensive Mechatronics skills, specializing in actuation & sensing
• Experience with FEA, vibration analysis, risk analysis
• Rapid prototyping, CNC, sheet metal design, plastics molding
• Electronics & PCB integration, connectors & wiring harness design
• Experience with CAM, fabrication documentation, GD&T, vendor selection, materials sourcing, reliability engineering, structural analysis
• Design-for-manufacturing, Design for assembly, tooling experience
• Project management and planning, PLM, Jira & Confluence
• Willing to work extended hours and weekends if needed

Desirable

• Help us advance our robotics moonshot by designing and creating scalable, reliable, innovative new hardware components for Nimble’s robotic systems
• You will play a critical role in working with our world-class cross-functional team to architect and build the world’s most advanced robotic systems for the world’s biggest robotics opportunity!
• Generate new concepts to solve our real world challenges
• Create reliable and scalable designs and concepts
• Design and implement specifications for life-cycle testings
• Design components for manufacturing and assembling
• Provide input on all aspects of product development from brainstorming to final delivery
• Welcome new challenges and work independently across disciplines to both investigate issues and identify solutions

• Flexible PTO
• Nimble provides medical, dental, and vision insurance through several premier plans and options to support you and your family
• Paid Parental Leave
• Take the stress out of commuting with access to fully-paid parking spots
• Gym Reimbursement
• Enjoy unlimited free snacks and drinks in the office and catered meals 5 days a week
• Get a cash bonus for any friend or colleagues that you refer to us that we end up hiring
• 401k
• Once or twice a year, join the entire company for a trip to pause work, relax and have fun as a team in destinations like Tahoe and Vegas
• Be an owner in Nimble through our equity program

Total funding: $221m

Assembly lines are valuable workflows for eCommerce businesses, but most of these are still handled by humans. The manufacturing process of most products is repetitive and algorithmic, raising questions as to why humans are still required for the job.