Mechanical Engineer

The role

You will design, test, and implement hardware to automate customer protocols. You will work to build a flexible and reliable robotic automation solution.

What you will do

• Analyze, test, validate and iterate on mechanical systems
• Create detailed designs in CAD and well-specified, accurate drawings
• Design, fabricate, test and iterate on hardware prototypes
• Develop robotic solutions to manipulate and control biology tools designed for humans

Required qualifications

• Strong mechanical intuition and hardware debugging and assembly skills
• Passion for the gritty details of part design, material selection, and manufacturing techniques
• Experience with mechanical engineering tools and best practices in production to design components, produce drawings, and build assemblies
• Experience designing, building, testing, and scaling hardware
• A hacker’s mindset - getting quickly to a good-enough solution
• Hands-on and willing to cross discipline boundaries to solve a problem
• Know your way around rapid prototyping technology
• A willingness to wear many hats / a flexible attitude towards responsibilities and scope
• BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics or a related discipline, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Experience managing PLM/document control systems
• Mechatronics and circuit design background
• Knowledge of robotics, motion control, camera, force/torque sensors
• Experience or familiarity with robot arm manipulators
• Experience with robotics in a laboratory or manufacturing environment
• Experience writing code for robotics systems

Benefits

• 401k
• Medical insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Relocation benefits
• Unlimited PTO
• Weekday dinners

About the company

Medra uses AI, robotics, and biology to accelerate life science research to eradicate disease. The team consists of engineers and scientists from companies like Tesla, Amazon, SpaceX, and Neuralink.