# Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer (On-Site) at Standard Bots

- Company: Standard Bots
- What the company does: The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial robots. Backed by General Catalyst.
- Company website: https://standardbots.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/StandardBots/fddbc0ed-a924-44bf-913f-6ee04d6f0e69?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/standard-bots-senior-staff-mechanical-engineer-on-site/

## About the role

We're building Bolt, a mobile manipulation platform: an autonomous mobile base carrying our robot arms. We're looking for a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to lead the mechanical design of that platform — chassis, drivetrain, battery packaging, control box, and the structure that ties the arms to the base — from concept through a certified fleet. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Experience: Bachelor's or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related) and 10+ years of product design, including a mobile robot, AMR/AGV, or similar electromechanical vehicle shipped at scale
- Mechanical Depth: Mastery of structures and mechanisms — load path design, fatigue, stiffness, bearings and drivetrain components, sheet metal and casting design, tolerance analysis
- Analysis: Hand calcs first, FEA when it earns its keep, you can size a frame, a wheel module, or a battery mount and defend the numbers
- Tool Fluency: Expert in SolidWorks (parts, large assemblies, drawings, simulation) and comfortable with PDM/PLM release processes
- Leadership: You have led engineers through an NPI cycle and made them better, you give direct, specific design feedback
- Clarity of Communication: Clear design documentation, crisp trade studies, and design reviews that move decisions

Tags: Hardware

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/standard-bots-senior-staff-mechanical-engineer-on-site/