# Mechanical Engineer at Gritt

- Company: Gritt
- What the company does: Gritt is an intelligent system that combines robotics and AI to build the infrastructure that pulls society forward. Doing real work on real jobsites, today. Backed by USV.
- Company website: https://www.gritt.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: South San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-04-30
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/gritt/ed459ec7-84ba-415c-9c44-5be778a7c6b0
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/gritt-mechanical-engineer/

## About the role

You will play a critical hands-on role in the mechanical integration of our robots onto heavy mobile base platforms - skid-steers and tracked vehicles in the 10,000 lb class - and design and support programs that take systems from prototype to repeatable field deployment across construction environments. Our arms are heavy, our payloads are heavier, and our operating conditions run from Arizona desert heat to sub-zero winter cold.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of hands-on mechanical engineering experience, with a focus on robotics, autonomous systems, or heavy equipment, and an eagerness to move quickly from prototype to deployment
- Demonstrated initiative, creative problem-solving skills, and a self-starter mindset in an environment with ambiguous technical problems
- Direct experience integrating robotic arms, actuators, or heavy payloads onto mobile platforms - skid-steers, tracked vehicles, AGVs, off-road equipment, or equivalent heavy machinery
- Experience designing to IP67 (or stricter) and familiarity with shipping systems that have survived real outdoor deployments across rain, snow, sub-zero cold, and high-heat/high-dust environments
- Strong hands-on cabling and harness design experience - you’ve specified connectors, drawn harness diagrams, and debugged the problems that come back from the field
- Expert CAD proficiency (OnShape/Solidworks) and comfort with GD&T, tolerance stacks, and production-quality drawings

Tags: R&D - Mechanical Engineering