Sr. Mechanical Engineer - Manufacturing

Miso Robotics•Los Angeles, CA

5h•$120,000 - $140,000

About The Position

The Senior Mechanical Engineer is a highly skilled, hands-on role critical to bringing Miso Robotics' innovative products from concept to high-volume manufacturing. As the owner of mechanical design, you'll drive the development of complex electro-mechanical parts and assemblies—including plastics, sheet metal, and welded structures—for mass production. This requires applying a deep understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DfM), Design for Assembly (DfA), and Design for Reliability (DfR), using strong mechanical engineering fundamentals to create detailed drawing packages, manufacturing instructions, and comprehensive engineering test plans while maintaining strong command of GD&T and tolerance stacks. This position requires end-to-end hardware ownership throughout a product's life cycle. The Senior Mechanical Engineer will lead the development and qualification of new products, subsystems, and improvements to the Flippy system. Key responsibilities include managing all related Engineering Change Orders (ECOs) and ensuring seamless cross-functional collaboration with electrical, software, and external contract manufacturing teams to meet aggressive hardware delivery timelines and achieve successful product deployment.

Requirements

5+ years of full-time industry experience in mechanical design-related field or demonstrated technical excellence in product design and analysis
Strong understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Reliability (DFR) principles.
Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals.
Proven record of rolling out and delivering products to market
Strong organization, written, and verbal communication skills
Knowledge of GD&T, tolerance stacks, design for manufacturing/automation/test/reliability (DFM/DFA/DFT/DFR).
Experience with DFMEA and PFMEA
Experience using Onshape and/or Solidworks
Experience with PLM systems, engineering changes, deviations, BOM structuring, etc.
Experience with modeling, finite element analysis (FEA).

Responsibilities

Modeling and design of mechanical and electro-mechanical parts and assemblies including plastics, sheet metal, aluminum extrusions, welded structures, fasteners, and other components for high volume production
Mechanical design analysis including thermal, structural, design for assembly, and design for test
Develop engineering test plans for designs
Create drawing packages and manufacturing instructions for parts and assemblies
Assist in engineering prototype builds and component fabrication
Collaborate with other systems, electrical, software, and motion, to take designs from concept through prototype to mass production
Own components of the hardware delivery timeline and overall success from concept to deployment
Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for a certain product or set of products
Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
Lead cross-functional collaboration
Develop and qualify manufacturing processes and tooling
Create engineering documentation
Manage and issue Engineering Change Orders (ECOs)
Work with contract manufacturers
Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building Prototype hardware