Senior Mechanical Engineer

Paradigm Robotics is an Austin, Texas based robotics startup building rugged, scalable robots for situational awareness in hazardous environments. We serve firefighting, emergency response, public safety, oil & gas, defense, and industrial markets. Our mission is to create a new paradigm of scalable, reliable, and useful robots for real-world hazardous operations providing critical solutions to the most dangerous problems out there.

We've raised an oversubscribed round from top-tier venture firms. We’re working directly with over 80 of the largest fire departments, law enforcement agencies, industrial teams, and military units across the U.S., including the Air Force, Army, and SERDP. Our robots are built with and for firefighters, first responders, warfighters, and emergency crews.

• Own several mechanical and electromechanical systems through all levels of product maturity
• Collaborate closely with founding team to validate and negotiate requirements, translating them into the final solutions
• Drive concept validation and critical learnings through rapid iteration; jerry-rigging representative test platforms wherever possible
• Engage heavily in solution development and iteration across systems; producing concepts, 3D CAD, and prototypes
• Lead reviews to evaluate designs, procedures, engineering drawings, and assemblies; providing recommendations to address potential issues
• Conduct analysis on critical systems to ensure designs satisfy strength, reliability, and assembly requirements
• Develop system testing procedures and methods; contributing to the design of jigs, test fixtures, and tools when required
• Perform root cause analysis on hardware failures in development and deployment
• Assemble and build systems to aid in testing or manufacturing
• Document design justifications, analysis, test results, and recommendations
• Monitor progress across projects and report, diagnose, and solve problems
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and best practices in mechanical, thermal, and environmental design.
• Communicate directly with users as necessary to help determine engineering direction

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of experience in mechanical design and analysis, specifically for complex systems
• Experience with the full product lifecycle, from design to production and commercialization
• Strong understanding of mechanical engineering concepts, such as mechanics of solids and material science
• Mastery of engineering fundamentals/first principles
• Very proficient in CAD and mechanical/thermal FEA analysis software (such as Solidworks and Ansys)
• Working knowledge of GD&T

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering
• 10+ years of professional design and analysis experience for complex robotic systems
• Proven commercial experience with product development and the full product lifecycle, preferably in a leadership role
• Worked at a high-growth startup
• Strong entrepreneurial track record being an engineer, founder, or operator at a 0 to 1 startup, able and prepared to support scaling across all aspects of engineering, operations, and business
• Expert knowledge of GD&T
• Mastery of CAD and mechanical/thermal FEA analysis software (such as Solidworks and Ansys)

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Willing to work long hours, especially when necessary for critical milestones
• Hands-on in design, assembly, testing, and in-field deployments
• Open to providing mechanical engineering guidance to other team members when needed
• Eager to implement best practices, and fast to communicate needs and desired process changes
• Willing to provide feedback to management and team early and often