AIM
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Seattle · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 146 days ago
SolidWorksFEAThermal AnalysisStructural AnalysisRoboticsMechanical DesignSensorsCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- Our systems combine software, hardware, robotics, and mission-critical infrastructure into ruggedized, safety-critical machinery operating in some of the harshest environments on earth.
- Our customers depend on our machines to work reliably in dust, mud, vibration, shock loads, thermal extremes, and unpredictable jobsite conditions.
- Mechanical engineering is at the foundation of this mission.
Responsibilities
- What You Will Own
- As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will design and deliver the core mechanical systems that enable AIM's autonomous machines to operate safely, reliably, and predictably in the field.
- Architect & Deliver Robust Mechanical Systems
- Own major mechanical subsystems such as sensor suites, compute enclosures, LiDAR and camera mounts, structural brackets, safety housings, and environmental protection systems.
- Create concepts and designs for manufacturable, field-serviceable solutions to challenging engineering problems.
- Design, Analyze & Model
- Produce high-quality CAD (SolidWorks, OnShape, or similar) to communicate design intent and critical dimensions and to fabrication and manufacturing partners.
- Take CAD from quick concept and prototyping activities, all the way to full production designs, with detailed drawings, tolerances, and inspection plans.
- Perform advanced mechanical analysis to inform you designs - from numerical analysis through to FEA as you consider material selection and designs to meet the environment your designs need to operate in, including fatigue, vibration, shock, and thermal considerations.
- Prototype, Test & Validate
Requirements
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
- 7+ years of experience in mechanical engineering and product development.
- Proficiency in CAD tools (SolidWorks, OnShape, or similar).
- Experience performing component-level FEA and mechanical simulation.
- Hands-on experience with prototyping, bench/field testing, environmental testing, and failure analysis.
- Experience working with component vendors, sensor vendors, and assembly houses.
- Ability to work cross-functionally in collaborative, fast-paced environments.
- Ability to occasionally travel to production sites and customer deployments.
- Basic Qualifications
- Strong mechanical fundamentals: machine design, structural analysis, thermal analysis & modeling
Nice to have
- Experience designing ruggedized systems for construction, mining, agriculture, or heavy equipment.
- Experience designing welded structures, steel mounting systems, and fabrication-driven assemblies.
- Experience with environmental sealing, thermal management, vibration/shock mitigation, or fatigue engineering.
- Working knowledge of electrical systems, sensors, compute integration, or electromechanical assemblies.
- Experience with welding, machining, metal fabrication, and industrial manufacturing methods.
- You turn ambiguous requirements into clear mechanical architectures.
- You combine analytical rigor with practical field intuition.
- You elevate validation quality, documentation, and cross-functional alignment.
Compensation
- Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insurance.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, equity, medical/dental/vision, 401(k), life insurance.
Company info
- Together
- We're going to change how the world builds. Along the way, we'll take on mechanical engineering challenges such as:
- Shock, vibration, and fatigue loads that exceed typical industrial design envelopes
- High-precision mechanical integration of sensors, compute, and electronics
- AIM builds autonomy for the real world - robots that move mountains.
- Our hardware must be robust to all the conditions the machines work in, tolerating shock, vibration, and environmental conditions from full desert sun to deep snow.
- The system must be field-serviceable, and deeply integrated with autonomy, electrical, and software systems.
- We design mechanical systems that perform not just in
- We design mechanical systems that perform not just in CAD or simulation, but in real-world chaos: misalignment, wear, debris, hydraulic spray, operator variability, and global deployment.
- We're scaling fast and building the mechanical engineering foundation that will define the next century of construction and autonomy.
- You're a builder who thrives at the intersection of mechanical design, robotics, and field-hardened hardware.
This listing is sourced directly from AIM's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.