Mechanical Engineer - Winter 2026 Internship
Medra· Internships
San FranciscoFull-timePosted 10mo ago
About the role
Paid Winter 2026 Internship (Jan. - Apr., dates flexible). Full-time, in-person at San Francisco office located in the Mission.
Responsibilities
- Intern in our Mechanical Engineering team, focusing on building the tools used across our product to accelerate science
Qualifications
- Strong mechanical intuition and hardware debugging and assembly skills
- Passion for the gritty details of part design, material selection, and manufacturing techniques
- Experience with mechanical engineering tools and best practices in production to design components, produce drawings, and build assemblies
- Experience designing, building, testing, and scaling hardware
- A hacker’s mindset - getting quickly to a good-enough solution
- Are hands-on and willing to cross discipline boundaries to solve a problem
- Know your way around rapid prototyping technology
- A willingness to wear many hats / a flexible attitude towards responsibilities and scope
Skills
Required:Mechanical intuitionPart design, material selection, manufacturing techniquesCAD and drawing productionHardware testing and scalingRapid prototypingHands-on, cross-discipline collaborationWillingness to wear many hats
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Medra
Hand over lab work
Scientists automate protocols with Medra’s autonomous robotic system.
BiochemistryCell BiologyGenomicsHistologyMicrobial discoveryAIRobotics
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