Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in North Carolina.

📋 Description

• Act as the lead architect for the future of Carbon’s hardware.

• Establish the technical roadmap and foundational architectures for advanced additive manufacturing solutions.

• Take ownership of the high-level mechanical architecture for new 3D printing platforms, ensuring modularity, serviceability, and top-tier precision.

• Serve as the technical link between Systems, Electrical, Software, and Materials Science to mitigate risks in 0-to-1 products.

• Create company-wide frameworks for validation, reliability testing, and design for manufacturability (DFM).

• Collaborate with Leadership and Product Management to convert product requirements into a long-term technical execution strategy.

• Identify and address architectural gaps to enhance long-term product performance.

• Make influential decisions in critical Design Reviews and Root Cause Analysis during significant hardware events or failures.

• Raise the engineering standards across the organization and mentor both staff-level and junior engineers.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 12 years of experience in mechanical or mechatronics product development.

• Demonstrated success in delivering complex systems from concept to mass production.

• Proven history of mentoring and advancing Senior and Staff-level engineers within a hardware organization.

• High-level expertise in thermodynamics, structural dynamics, and precision motion control in high-tolerance environments.

• Extensive experience in managing Tier 1 JDM/CM partners and overseeing global pilot and production builds.

• Ability to simplify complex technical trade-offs into clear, data-driven recommendations for leadership.

• Advanced application of GD&T (ASME Y14.5), DFMEA, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) for high-volume hardware.

• A mentorship-oriented approach towards junior engineers across the organization.

• Expertise in engineering analysis, including detailed tolerance, safety, thermal, stress, fatigue, lifetime, manufacturability, failure modes, and cost considerations.

• Experience in selecting materials for sheet metal, metal, plastic, and elastomers.

• Bonus: Skills in software or firmware development for custom tools or automated testing hardware.

• Bonus: Direct experience with optics, fluidics, or UV-curable resin systems.

• Bonus: A portfolio of patents or proprietary innovations in robotics, automation, or additive manufacturing.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Benefits package.

• Time off programs.

• Comprehensive total rewards package.