Senior Mechanical Engineer

Do you enjoy leading a team through a project to success? Are you skilled in supporting the early concept development of projects and participating in early testing/evaluation efforts?

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will lead the mechanical development effort of a project and release it to full-scale manufacturing and production with our contract manufacturer. You will support early concept development with an outside consulting firm. You will be a key part in designing, building, and testing prototypes in the field.

In the first 30 days, you will:

• Become an integral team member and get up to speed on who's who in Engineering, Technical Support, and Field Service
• Learn how Express works from top to bottom
• Get setup with Solidworks, PDM (Product Database Management), and Arena PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)
• Receive an introduction to our prototype machine shop
  

Within 3 months, you will:

• Contribute to the design and development of early prototypes for a new development program
• Use Solidworks to make parts, assemblies, and drawings
• Help build and test early-stage prototypes; procure parts or build in-house
• Create preliminary bills of materials and component specifications using Arena PLM

By the end of the first year, you will:

• Be a confident leader of the mechanical development effort for a specific project
• Have completed successful field trials and demonstrate proof of concept and performance testing
• Lead the design effort for final product configuration
• Work on plastic component design and DFM (Design for Manufacturing)
• Create detailed documentation to support full-scale manufacturing

• Develop innovative mechanical design concepts using Solidworks
• Propose solutions to mechanical design challenges and present options to the team
• Hands-on building of prototypes
• Use our prototype machine shop to build parts with 3D printers, CNC milling machine, CNC
  router and external rapid prototyping services
• Evaluate prototypes and problem-solve
• Test these prototypes in the lab environment with other team members
• Participate in field trials in the real-world environments
• Design for manufacturing with plastic components
• Work with the industrial designer and product team to determine the final look and feel of the product
• Create exterior skin panels from plastic and work with vendors to make the parts for
  production

• You will be joining the Mechanical Engineering team and report to the VP of Mechanical Engineering.
• The team culture is one based on building trust, collaboration, on-going development through kindness, authenticity, courage, drive and fun!

• The location of this role is based out of our HQ in Waltham, MA with some flexibility in being remote some days.

Benefits

If you want to solve one of the most difficult issues of our time and save lives doing it, you want to work at Evolv. We are passionate, knowing that what we do and how we do it can affect life or death situations for our customers. At Evolv, you will have unparalleled exposure to all aspects of our business, working with a talented team that shares our vision for a safer world. If you are inspired by invention and gain satisfaction from seeing how your work impacts the bigger picture, Evolv will be a great fit.

• Equity is an important component of every compensation package
• Flexible work environment
• Unique culture
• Medical and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan and company match
• Unlimited vacation policy
• $300 per quarter to spend on the perks that are most meaningful to you
• Tuition Reimbursement

Evolv Technology (“Evolv”) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We welcome and encourage diversity in the workplace, and all employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected by law in the locations where we operate. Evolv will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Evolv is committed to offering an inclusive and accessible experience for all job seekers, including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation as part of the job application process, please connect with us at [email protected].