Technology for physical businesses. Backed by Bain Capital Ventures.
About the role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will own mechanical subsystems of our robots end to end, from concept through production, including actuator selection and structure to drivetrain, linkages, and field-ready assembly. You make architecture and design tradeoffs, design it, machine it, assemble it, and fix it on robots running in live operations. This is not a bench role. Your designs face real constraints: variable floors, tight corridors, elevator transitions, and duty cycles that push hardware hard. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years of relevant industry experience designing and shipping hardware
- Strong mechanical fundamentals: material selection, GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFM
- Track record owning actuated or mobile mechanisms from concept through production
- CAD fluency in SolidWorks, Fusion, or Onshape
- Hands-on fabrication: you've run a mill and lathe, bent sheet metal, and welded
- Experience making architecture and design tradeoffs, mentoring junior engineers, and working with manufacturers
More about this role
Kovari develops frontier technology to transform physical businesses. We partner with established operators to change how they run, and we build and operate businesses of our own through our subsidiaries.
We are a small team of builders, operators, and researchers. We deploy on site, alongside the businesses we serve, and iterate in the field. We have raised over $6M from leading investors.
We are based in San Francisco and work in person.
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will own mechanical subsystems of our robots end to end, from concept through production, including actuator selection and structure to drivetrain, linkages, and field-ready assembly. You make architecture and design tradeoffs, design it, machine it, assemble it, and fix it on robots running in live operations.
This is not a bench role. Your designs face real constraints: variable floors, tight corridors, elevator transitions, and duty cycles that push hardware hard.
Own mechanical architecture and subsystem design from concept through production: drivetrain, structure, actuation, linkages, enclosures
Select and integrate motors, gearboxes, bearings, and actuators, making tradeoffs across performance,...
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