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All of these parts go on to exist inside buildings, planes, cars, streets, robots, data centers, other factories, and even things that go into space.\nWhat you'll do\nDesign and build parts of our grinding and finishing cells (fixturing, end effectors, mounts, guarding, the mechanical guts of a working machine).\nTurn designs into real hardware: CAD, fab, assembly, and the iteration in between.\nGet on the floor. You'll help deploy and debug cells in customer facilities and learn the process from the parts up.\nGrow into ownership of harder mechanical problems as you go.\nWhat we're looking for\nSolid mechanical engineering fundamentals and strong CAD skills.\nSomeone who actually builds things and proof you've made real hardware.\nHunger to learn robotic grinding and surface finishing from the ground up.\nComfort being on a factory floor, and being wrong on the way to being right.\nLow ego, high output, and deep care in transforming the way America builds things.\nNice to have\nExperience with robot integration, fixturing, or automation.\nHands-on fabrication skills (machining, welding, etc.).\nExposure to manufacturing or foundry environments.\nNone of it happens if you can't build it. 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