# Mechanical Engineer at The Boring Company

- Company: The Boring Company
- What the company does: The Boring Company builds safe, fast-to-dig, low-cost transportation, utility and freight tunnels — solving traffic with Loop, powered by the Prufrock tunnel boring machine. Backed by Sequoia.
- Company website: https://www.boringcompany.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Nashville, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/the-boring-company/am9icG9zdDqTHr_IOtOfFr35bvN3xVgZ
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/the-boring-company-mechanical-engineer/

## About the role

The Boring Company was founded to solve the problem of soul-destroying traffic by creating an underground network of tunnels. Today, we are creating the technology to increase tunneling speed and decrease costs by a factor of 10 or more with the ultimate goal of making Hyperloop adoption viable and enabling rapid transit across densely populated regions.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
- 1+ years of experience in design, build and testing
- Proficiency using SolidWorks
- Basic proficiency in machine design
- Experience in creating manufacturing drawings
- Hands-on hardware experience performing fabrication, assembly and/or testing - can be in a professional, academic or recreational setting