Mechanical Engineer, Robotics Hardware

Location: Irvine, CA, United States; primarily on-site, with hybrid or remote options open for discussion

Salary: $70,000–$300,000 annual

Company

hirify.global develops risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI and robotics systems for operation in complex, unstructured real-world environments.

What you will do

• Design and model external enclosures, internal compute frames, load-bearing chassis, sensor mounts, and payload interfaces.
• Develop ingress protection and thermal management solutions using seals, membranes, coatings, fans, heat sinks, conductive paths, and airflow guides.
• Create SolidWorks assemblies and perform FEA and thermal simulations to validate strength, durability, and heat dissipation.
• Prototype, test, and validate systems through shock, vibration, thermal, ingress, and sensor-alignment testing.
• Produce drawings, GD&T annotations, bills of materials, assembly instructions, and mechanical budgets.
• Support vendors, contract manufacturers, payload integration, production scaling, field debugging, and mechanical health monitoring.

Requirements

• B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• Proficiency with SolidWorks or an equivalent mechanical CAD platform, plus familiarity with FEA and thermal modeling tools.
• Experience designing hardware for vibration, shock, thermal cycling, and environmental exposure.
• Knowledge of CNC, sheet metal, additive manufacturing, assembly workflows, and design-for-manufacturing principles.
• Experience integrating mechanical systems with compute, sensors, and power electronics.
• Comfort with mechanical debugging, thermal test setups, vibration tables, and ingress testing.

Nice to have

• Experience taking robotic systems from prototype to large-scale production.
• Experience with deployed robotics, autonomous vehicles, drones, or ruggedized robots.
• Systems-level fluency across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.
• Experience designing to IP ratings, MIL-STD, or equivalent ruggedness standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with a small, fast-moving hardware team focused on system capability, reliability, and scalability.
• Contribute to robotics systems already deployed in real-world environments.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary engineering teams across hardware, compute, electrical, sensing, and software.
• Inclusive workplace with employment decisions based on merit, qualifications, and performance.