Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

OverviewMatic is bringing families out of the stone age of remarkably dumb disc home robots. Humanity spends ~2.5 trillion hours annually on home chores, worth $25 trillion in wasted economic value. We are on a mission to recapture this time and value with fully autonomous, useful, elegant, and affordable Wall-E-esque home robots that families love and cannot fathom their lives without.Our approachIn 2017, we observed 200+ self-driving car startups and an equal number of industrial robotics startups, but the home autonomy and robotics space had been dramatically overlooked. While AI is becoming more ubiquitous, families are still stuck spending dozens of hours per week on repetitive household chores.At Matic, we're leveraging advanced technology to address this problem. We've started by reimagining our first product in fully autonomous floor-cleaning robots. Just like consumers adopted Cell Phones, then PDAs, then iPods and Blackberries before adopting the iPhone to replace all, we believe that consumers will adopt single-purpose, elegant, and affordable robots that belong and become part of their homes first before we get one-robot-to-rule all chores.Our goal is to continue automating other forms of household labor, shipping useful, affordable, and privacy-first robots to our users that solve real problems while building iteratively toward more complex tasks and capabilities over time.Privacy firstOur robots are also private by design, with all the computes on the edge device. We believe families shouldn't have to jeopardize their privacy just to get some help with the constant drudgery of home chores.Who we are We are a consumer robotics product company solving real customer problems. We start with a problem, think of an elegant solution in the form of robots, and conduct necessary research to build products that just work. We believe families want solutions to their problems, and AI & robots enable us to solve them.Who we are NOT We are NOT a Robotics Foundation Model research lab, a humanoid builder, or a robotics software platform company. We build fully autonomous, useful, elegant, and affordable Wall-E-esque robotic products that kids, pets, and families love!About the roleAs a Senior Mechanical Design Engineer, you'll lead the design of critical subassemblies of our products and work closely with team members from our hardware, software, and product teams to help us realize our vision of full home autonomy.If you're passionate about great design and obsessed with getting the details right, we'd love to talk to you about how you can work with us to pioneer innovations in the home robotics space.What you'll doOwn end-to-end design and manufacturing of critical parts and sub-assembliesFabricate prototypes, iterate rapidly, advance your concepts through to high volume productionDevelop specifications and accelerated test plans to validate the product for its lifetimeComponent level testing for performance, durability, reliability, and variabilityComplete and release component designs and documentation, including 2D drawingsWork cross-functionally with hardware, software, supply chain, and product teams to build a cohesive and balanced productEstablish relationships with vendors, suppliers, and CMs in a startup environmentWhat we look forTechnical degree in mechanical engineering or related field5+ years of professional mechanical design engineering experience on a product (preferably B to C) that is shipping in high volumeProven track record of executing complex mechanical design problems and successfully building physical prototypesExperience working on products that have shippedStrong understanding of materials and high-volume manufacturing methods, particularly Injection MoldingProficiency in using Solidworks.Comfort with PDM, PLM and Engineering Change Management and Quality Management systemsKnowledge of GD&T, finite element analysis and design for reliability conceptsExperience in NVH, motors, or turbo motors is a plusComfort with fast-paced, startup atmosphere -- you don't shy away from the hard workHigh level of maturity, ownership, and pride in your workWe'd love to hear from you if...You are genuinely motivated to help those around youYou are passionate about learning outside of your normal comfort zonesYou love diagnosing complex technical issuesYou are excited to do great workOur teamMatic is a tight-knit and collaborative team, singularly focused on building products our customers will cherish. We're ultra-hardworking people committed to solving tough problems that save our precious time and energy.At Matic, we're eager to take risks and test convention. We love diving headfirst into hard problems — even if it means some failures along the way. We work smart, hard, and long (in that order), chasing innovation and human impact. We highly value individual ownership and take meticulous pride in the work we do, knowing our efforts affect both one another and our customers.Those who value curiosity and learning and who don't shy away from hard problems thrive at Matic. If you are genuinely committed to innovation and improving the lives of others, we'd love to hear from you.ApplyIf you're feeling excited about this opportunity at Matic, then apply, even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement. We're eager to meet people who are keen to learn and are passionate about what Matic is building. We want to hear how you can contribute to our team in a variety of ways – not just the above boxes.#J-18808-Ljbffr