Pickle Robot Company

Principal Mechanical Engineer

Charlestown, MA · Principal

Sponsorship not specified$156k-$180kDetected 69 days ago

Machine LearningFEARoboticsMechanical DesignMentoringActuators

About the role

Pickle Robot is on the hunt for a Principal Mechanical Engineer to help shape the next generation of warehouse automation.
Our robots do the toughest job on the dock: unloading trucks.
Has worked through real structural problems.

Lead the mechanical design of major robotic platforms across the full product lifecycle, from concept and prototyping through NPI and sustained field deployment.
make system-level decisions that hold up through production and deployment, not just during design review.
Define design requirements, perform tolerance stack-ups, and drive interface decisions across complex assemblies integrating actuators, sensors, and electronics.
Ensure structural integrity of mechanical assemblies: define load cases, run or direct finite element analysis (FEA), select materials, and validate through physical test.
Conduct simulations, testing, and prototyping to validate designs.
Create detailed technical drawings, CAD models, and documentation.
Troubleshoot and resolve issues during design, production, and deployment.
Drive design solutions through sketches and CAD, gather cross-functional input early, and build alignment across stakeholders before committing to a direction.
Support production teams in scaling and improving manufacturing processes for robotics hardware.
Serve as a technical anchor for the mechanical engineering team, setting the bar for design rigor, documentation quality, and engineering judgment.

A bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
Must have experience designing machined, sheet metal, and welded parts in OnShape and submitting documentation through ECO's and deviations in Arena or other similar tools.
Must have performed tolerance stackups, reviewed FAI's, PPAP's, and worked on DFMEA's throughout their career.

The salary range listed here is provided in accordance with Massachusetts law and reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to offer for this role.

If you're excited about owning a complex robotic platform end-to-end, designing hardware tough enough for the warehouse dock and elegant enough to manufacture at scale, we'd love to meet you.

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