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Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotics

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About Watney: Watney develops autonomous robots to enable the growth of critical infrastructure. Having recently raised $21 million in seed funding from Conviction, Abstract and A*, we're partnering with the world's largest hyperscalers to accelerate datacenter buildout and breakfix. Join now for a ground‑floor seat with outsized ownership and visibility as we scale from prototype to production fleets. Ship real systems, shape the rollout playbook, and leave fingerprints on a category‑defining robotics company.

Base pay range

$125,000.00/yr - $175,000.00/yr

What You'll Do

• Design custom mechanical components for our advanced robotics and teleoperations systems, including end‑effectors, grippers, manipulators, mounts, etc.
• Develop and implement solutions for rapid prototyping of new hardware designs to ensure performance, reliability and manufacturability.
• Integrate mechanical components within larger hardware systems, ensuring they meet performance and project goals.
• Provide technical leadership and advise leadership on technology strategy and decision‑making.
• Collaborate with Hardware Engineers and Ops team to support overall product development, enabling our autonomous robotics solutions.

What You'll Bring

• 4+ years of mechanical design experience.
• In‑depth, hands‑on experience owning end‑to‑end mechanical design of components and assemblies for robotics systems, medical devices, rockets, drones, automotive systems or similar.
• Proficiency designing parts and systems using 3D modeling software such as Creo, Solidworks or NX. Onshape a big plus.
• Familiarity with Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T).
• Strong sense of ownership, initiative, problem solving and analysis.
• Effective communicator and collaborator with the ability to work closely with Hardware Engineers and Ops team in a fast‑paced environment.

Compensation

$125,000 - $175,000 annual salary. We offer competitive compensation, including equity and comprehensive benefits.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology