Associate Mechanical Design Engineer
About the jobWe're looking for an Associate Mechanical Design Engineer with experience designing and manufacturing robots at scale. You will create a novel, top-secret product for our humanoid platform, taking it from CAD to deployed reality within a tight-knit team that has been shipping units for the past year.About FeatherFeather is a VC-backed startup assembling a world-class team to build general-purpose robots. While competitors pursue end-to-end integration, we are focused on creating the best labor platform on which others will build, monetize, and scale, fostering an ecosystem of solutions akin to Apple’s or Nvidia’s.We’ve moved through the hardware lifecycle at lightspeed -- building our first prototype in two months, fulfilling our first order in nine months (vs. 31 months for Figure), and working with a $4B revenue manufacturer. Our units are deployed across several fields today, including cooking, retail, manufacturing, and more.ResponsibilitiesDesign mechanical components and assemblies for humanoid robots, from concept through productionOwn design for manufacturability, prototyping quickly with 3D printing and machining before developing long-term processes and materials that scaleWrite and integrate control software for the mechanisms you designBuild, test, iterate, and debug on real hardwareWhat we're looking forHands-on robotics experience – you have built a robot or other complex electromechanical system beforeIndustry manufacturing experience (e.g., injection molding, DFM at volume) preferredFluency with CAD and rapid prototypingSoftware fluency is a plus3D printing proficiencyGD&TDocumentation and technical writingBachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related fieldWhy Join UsBe the architect of a novel humanoid platform instead of working on only one small fragmentShape the future of robotics and physical AI in a talented, driven team that values ownership, speed, and creativityWe have the capital, the hardware ownership, and the generational upside to make this your life's work