Senior/ Staff Mechanical Engineer
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Summary of Responsibilities
The role of Senior/Staff Mechanical Engineer at Francis is an opportunity to drive projects, create new designs, and refine Francis's existing hardware architecture.
This person will own entire projects from end-to-end, creating concepts to prototyping to manufacturing implementation.
You will help determine when to prototype, analyze, and when to ask for more information in early development phases.
You will use your experience in manufacturing and shipping to enable success in scaling the Francis hardware design to full production and multiple product lines.
Required Qualifications:
At least 10+ years of experience designing electromechanical systems and scaling hardware products.
Proficiency in one or multiple CAD systems. Solidworks, Fusion360, NX, etc.
Design experience creating 3D CAD, 2D drawings, and other supporting documentation for electromechanical systems.
Hands-on experience prototyping, testing, and validating hardware projects in the lab and field.
Direct manufacturing experience driving a hardware design to scale and communicating with manufacturing partners domestically and internationally.
Experience with die casting, injection molding, compression molding, and other production processes.
A rigorous engineering mindset to test and validate our product inside our lab, 3rd party labs, and out in the real world.
Desired Qualifications:
Automotive product experience, especially experience with SAE or MIL standards.
Familiarity with electrical debug tools - oscilloscope, network analyzer, etc.
Firmware or software experience and/or debug support.
Experience working directly with customer or product teams to effectively communicate technical concepts.
There are endless learning and development opportunities from a highly diverse and talented peer group, including experts in a wide range of fields (AI, Computer Vision, Government Contracting, Systems & Device Engineering, Operations, Communications, and more)!
Just a few of our perks include:
Competitive compensation and equity package
Options for 100% company paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (for US employees)
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (DCFSA)
Life, AD&D, Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
Aflac Critical Illness, Accident Insurance & Hospital Indemnity Insurance
MetLife Legal Plan(s) & Pet Insurance
Farmers GroupSelect Auto & Home Insurance
401(k) with 3% company matching
Professional development reimbursement
Wellness stipends
Unlimited PTO
Remote work opportunities
Home office & technology reimbursement
Daily catered lunches in our Oakland office
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