Senior Mechanical Engineer

At Aigen, our mission is to regenerate soil at a planetary scale—automated terraforming, with a solar powered robotics platform.

Come make a real world impact at the confluence of cutting edge robotic technology, AI, climate, and agriculture. 52% of agricultural land is degraded by current management practices, and 60-75% of original soil carbon has been lost in lands used for agriculture (according to the IPCC).

Your role will be to develop mechanical systems for an innovative, autonomous all terrain vehicle. Take ownership of critical mechanical engineering projects 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.

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Aigen celebrates diversity in all its forms, and is an equal opportunity employer.

Tools: Onshape, FEA, Generative design package, Jira

Responsibilities:

- Own robot mechanical design from concept to production intent with a focus on structure

- 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

- Set an example for, and mentor junior employees

Requirements:

- Collaborative, high integrity, and humble

- 4+ years experience designing low cost commercial hardware

- Experience with low cost aluminum / steel sheet metal structures

- Strong understanding of mechanics, system optimization, testing, and manufacturing

- Experience with low cost commercial assemblies and sheet metal

- Strong understanding of mechanical tolerance analysis

- Experience managing suppliers

- Experience in a workshop setting building quick turn prototypes

Indicators of good fit:

- Manufacturing and production experience at volumes 50,000+

- Familiarity with robots, sensors, and electronics

- Experience with electronics, motors, gearboxes

- Experience with hands-on part fabrication (mill, lathe, TIG welder etc.)

- 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

- Occasional 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

- Flexible (WFH) Fridays

- Unlimited time off

- Healthcare

- Vision

- Dental

- 401(k)

- Work on a team in which the qualities that diverse team members bring to the table are appreciated