Pantograph PBC
Mechanical Design Engineer
San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 27, 2026
- Experience
- No specific years required; a track record of designing and shipping a physical product at scale matters more than years of experience.
About the job
Design, prototype, test, and scale durable robots, taking mechanical designs from early concepts through production.
What you'll do
- Design parts and assemblies in Onshape, balancing performance, durability, cost, and assembly.
- Build and test prototypes; design test and qualification fixtures and end-of-line tests.
- Create engineering drawings, support supplier sourcing and quality, and collaborate on production readiness.
What they ask for
- Track record designing and shipping a physical product at scale.
- Experience designing for bent sheet metal or similar flat-pattern fabrication.
- Experience with cable routing and management, and designing around electronics.
- Working knowledge of reliability engineering, including MTBF, failure rates, uptime modeling, and basic statistical analysis.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with robotic systems, including actuators, motors, sensors, and electromechanical integration.
- Experience designing for high-volume manufacturing.
Tools
Onshape
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