Mechanical Engineer, Manufacturing & Rapid Prototyping
San Francisco, CA$100k - $120kFull-timePosted 2d ago
About the role
Hands-on mechanical engineer role at Nori Robotics to design, prototype, and manufacture robot hardware components, assemblies, and fixtures for scalable production.
Responsibilities
- Design robot parts, mechanisms, enclosures and assemblies in Onshape, SolidWorks or equivalent CAD software.
- Build and iterate prototypes using 3D printers, laser cutters, vacuum forming, molds and other fabrication processes.
- Design for manufacturing and assembly, balancing appearance, durability, cost and ease of repair.
- Develop fixtures, jigs, drawings and assembly instructions that help our production team build consistently.
- Test parts on real robots and work with electrical and software engineers to resolve integration issues.
Qualifications
- Strong CAD skills and hands-on manufacturing experience.
- A track record of quickly taking designs from CAD to physical prototypes, testing them and improving them.
- Practical understanding of materials, tolerances, fasteners and manufacturing processes.
- Some robotics experience and a good eye for proportion, finish and product aesthetics.
- A portfolio showing things you personally designed and built.
Skills
Required:CAD softwarePrototypingDesign for manufacturing and assemblyMaterials and tolerancesRobotics experience
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Nori
Sub-1500$ robot anyone can program
We manufacture humanoid robots in San Francisco.
Hard TechHardwareRobotics
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