Vital Lyfe is redefining water access with aerospace-grade purification technology. Freedom from infrastructure, built for movement, built for life without limits. Backed by General Catalyst.
About the role
Own major mechanical subsystems from concept through production ramp and launch. Design, prototype, and validate pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and related mechanical components.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related field
- 5+ years of experience designing and shipping mechanical or electromechanical hardware
- Strong CAD and FEA skills applied to real, production-intent designs
- Experience taking products from prototype to manufacturing
- Comfort working in ambiguity and making tradeoffs with incomplete information
- Bias toward action, ownership, and practical engineering solutions
More about this role
Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation, creating a new category of personal water making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t.
Own and build the core mechanical systems behind our product; pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and fluid-handling assemblies & take them from early concepts to production at scale. This is a hands on, high-ownership role for someone who wants to design, test, break, fix, and ship hardware.
Own major mechanical subsystems from concept through production ramp and launch.
Design, prototype, and validate pumps, valves, pressure vessels, and related mechanical components.
Drive system-level tradeoffs across performance, reliability, manufacturability, and cost.
Build and run test plans to validate performance across real-world environments and edge cases.
Work closely with electrical, firmware, industrial design, and manufacturing to turn ideas into shipped product.
Help design and improve manufacturing processes and production equipment, including fixtures, tooling, and automation concepts.
Iterate fast; identify problems, propose solutions, and implement changes without heavy process overhead.
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