Senior Mechanical Engineer

about 2 years ago
Full time role
Kirkland, WA, US... more
Kirkland, WA, US... more

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We are on a mission to regenerate soil at a planetary scale—automated terraforming, with a solar powered robotics platform. Planetary recovery ...

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Job Description

Want to make a real world impact? 

There’s no better place than the confluence of cutting edge robotic technology, AI, climate, and agriculture. 52% of agricultural land is degraded by current management practices. 60-75% of original soil carbon has been lost in lands used for agriculture (according to the IPCC).

At Aigen, we are accelerating change in traditional agriculture practices and regenerating our land: Terraforming our own planet with scalable data and action.

Coverage: TechCrunch | Geekwire | AgFunder

Your role will be to develop innovative, highly energy efficient hardware for our next generation platform. You will own the overall mechanical engineering for our scalable robot platform, and support with sensor selection. The ideal candidate will be a quick learner with the ability to understand complex systems, and have a creative approach to problem solving.

Aigen is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws.

Tools: CAD, FEA, Generative design package, Jira

Responsibilities:

  • Own robot mechanical design from concept to production intent
  • Rapid design iteration and hands on prototyping
  • Conduct design reviews
  • Detailed drawings for suppliers including detail drawings, assembly drawings
  • Preparation of mechanical BoMs and systems documentation
  • Field test to confirm prototype performance

Requirements:

  • Collaborative, high integrity, and humble
  • 5+ years experience designing low cost commercial hardware
  • Strong understanding of mechanics, system optimization, testing, and manufacturing
  • Experience with low cost commercial assemblies and sheet metal
  • Hands-on part fabrication (mill, lathe, TIG welder etc.)
  • Knowledge of mechanical tolerance analysis
  • Experience managing suppliers
  • Familiarity with robots, sensors, and electronics
  • Experience with aluminum / steel sheet metal structures
  • Experience in a workshop setting building quick turn prototypes
  • Willing to travel out of state to work sites on occasion

Indicators of good fit:

  • Manufacturing and production experience at volumes 50,000+
  • Familiarity with robots, sensors, and electronics
  • Experience with electronics, motors, gearboxes
  • Agriculture and farm equipment experience
  • Battery and solar experience

Expectations:

  • We’re a start-up, so we all need to wear a lot of hats! This means you’ll probably do a lot of things you’ve never done before, and probably learn some new things too
  • Regular on-site visits and travel during the growing season
  • Willing to make major contributions at an individual engineering level where needed. Especially early on

Benefits:

  • Stock options
  • Unlimited time off
  • Healthcare
  • Vision
  • Dental
  • 401(k)

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