Mechanical Engineer
Pivot Robotics
Mechanical Engineer
Pivot Robotics
AI-powered robot-arm automation for high-mix manufacturing
We're looking for a strong, hands-on mechanical engineer to join our hardware team. You don't need to be an expert in grinding or robotics yet, but you need to be a genuinely good builder who's hungry to learn a hard, physical problem and get their hands dirty doing it. You'll work alongside our existing mechanical engineers designing, building, and deploying the robotic cells that finish metal parts in real factories. The impact is tremendous. All of these parts go on to exist inside buildings, planes, cars, streets, robots, data centers, other factories, and even things that go into space.
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.
2+ years of experience
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.
Worked at a startup and/or been on deployments
Experience with robot integration, fixturing, or automation.
Hands-on fabrication skills (machining, welding, etc.).
Exposure to manufacturing or foundry environments.
None of it happens if you can't build it. If this resonates, we'd love to talk.
AI-powered robot-arm automation for high-mix manufacturing
Pivot Robotics provides AI-powered software for industrial robotic arms to automate labor-intensive tasks in high-mix manufacturing. Its Proteus system uses vision-first AI to scan parts, detect defects, and automatically generate grinding paths for off-the-shelf robots, adapting to many part variations without reprogramming. This approach replaces the need for custom programming per part, enabling a single system to handle multiple part types for high-mix, low-volume production and hazardous tasks like metal surface grinding. The company aims to ease the U.S. manufacturing labor shortage by expanding automation across industries and regions, starting in North America and expanding to places like India, with support from YC and seed funding.
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