# Mechanical Engineer

**Company:** [Pivot Robotics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/pivot-robotics)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Skills:** CAD, mechanical engineering, fixturing, end effectors, robot integration, Automation, machining, welding, fabrication
**Posted:** 2026-07-21

> Join the hardware team to design, build, and deploy robotic grinding and finishing cells for metal parts used across industries. Requires strong mechanical fundamentals, CAD proficiency, hands-on building experience, and eagerness to learn factory deployment.

## Job Description

## What you'll do
- Design and build parts of our grinding and finishing cells (fixturing, end effectors, mounts, guarding, the mechanical guts of a working machine).
- Turn designs into real hardware: CAD, fab, assembly, and the iteration in between.
- Get on the floor. You'll help deploy and debug cells in customer facilities and learn the process from the parts up.
- Grow into ownership of harder mechanical problems as you go.

## What we're looking for
- Solid mechanical engineering fundamentals and strong CAD skills.
- Someone who actually builds things and proof you've made real hardware.
- Hunger to learn robotic grinding and surface finishing from the ground up.
- Comfort being on a factory floor, and being wrong on the way to being right.
- Low ego, high output, and deep care in transforming the way America builds things.

## Nice to have
- Experience with robot integration, fixturing, or automation.
- Hands-on fabrication skills (machining, welding, etc.).
- Exposure to manufacturing or foundry environments.

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