Robotics Engineer (Mechanical) Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology company Location: San Francisco, CA (in office 5 days per week, with field work in austere desert conditions) Compensation: $150,000 - $250,000 + competitive equity Employment Type: Full-time Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers (OPT, H-1B transfer) About the Company The client is building the world's first off-grid power plant for data centers, powered by renewables. Connecting a new data center to the grid takes 3-5 years; the client removes that bottleneck by manufacturing, deploying and operating off-grid energy assets, vertically integrating everything from racking and power electronics to dispatch algorithms and on-site construction. The client has raised $120M through its Series A. The Role The client is hiring a Robotics Engineer (Mechanical, 7-10+ years) to own the mechanical architecture of an autonomous field robot that will change how utility-scale solar is built. You will join a small, high-agency team on a ground-up hardware program with founding-level ownership, taking the machine from concept to prototype to production fleet by designing, building, breaking and rebuilding it in the field. What You Will Do • Own the full mechanical architecture: chassis, mast, tool head, rebar handling, feed system, drivetrain and locomotion for rough desert terrain. • Design, prototype and iterate rapidly, machining parts, working with fab shops and testing hardware in the dirt. • Specify and integrate actuators, sensors and power distribution with the electrical/mechatronics engineer. • Perform structural and dynamic analysis, including reaction loads, vibration, fatigue and tip-over stability. • Take the design toward a small production fleet with a focus on DFM, reliability and field serviceability. What You Bring • 7-10+ years of mechanical engineering on robotics or heavy mobile machinery • End-to-end ownership of a machine from concept to production • Hands-on prototyping and fabrication experience • Structural and dynamic analysis skills (FEA) • Comfort working in the field in austere conditions • Ability to work in the San Francisco office 5 days a week Tech Stack SolidWorks, CAD, FEA, GD&T, hydraulics, electric actuators, motor sizing and selection, rapid prototyping, DFM Before you apply: get a free recruiter-readiness score for your resume at CareerStanding — about a minute, no signup, and your resume stays in your browser.