Junior Mechanical Engineer - Manufacturing

You'll be the person who catches the gap between the CAD file and the part that showed up on the factory floor — and gets it fixed.

Anvil is building the platform layer for Physical AI — robotics hardware and software that's radically more accessible than legacy industrial solutions. We own and operate our own manufacturing — sourcing and production built in-house from scratch, no contract manufacturer anywhere in the loop — and in our first 12 months that line built and shipped 200+ robots to customers like NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Toyota, Google, Cobot, and Path Robotics in 60+ countries, while we grew from two founders to 30 people across three offices. And devkits are just the wedge: a custom force-sensing actuator partnership with major actuator OEMs and a new generation of robots are next, which means the factory you'd be joining is about to get a lot busier.

Everything we ship is designed in-house and built on our own line from components our vendors send us — sheet metal, CNC, machined parts — and the gap between a drawing and the physical part that arrives from a vendor is where production either stays on schedule or stalls. We need a junior engineer on the ground in Taiwan who can close that gap quickly and reliably.

The situation you're walking into:

• You'll spend roughly 60–70% of your time in CAD — modeling, updating drawings, and tracking revisions as parts and designs evolve.

• The other 20–30% is basic electromechanical and software work: understanding simple electrical systems (24V vs. 48V rails, correct wire gauge, how power over USB works) and running basic scripts on Linux-based systems to support testing and diagnostics.

• You are not expected to design circuits, write firmware, or own software architecture — you'll have peers who are much stronger in EE and software, and they're your backstop, not your competition.

• You will not be working alone on ambiguous calls. This is a junior IC role with senior support close by — your job is to execute well and know when to escalate, not to make final judgment calls solo.

What you'll own:

• Day-to-day in-house CAD design work: creating and updating models and drawings, maintaining revision control, and keeping documentation aligned with what's actually being built on our own line.

• Being the first line of defense when a vendor-supplied part — sheet metal, CNC, machined components — doesn't match its drawing: identifying the discrepancy, figuring out whether it's a drawing error, a tolerance issue, or a manufacturing defect, and proposing a fix.

• Direct communication with vendor contacts to explain issues, negotiate rework or corrections, and keep production unblocked.

• Applying basic electrical judgment (voltage, wire gauge, power delivery) when a mechanical issue intersects with an electrical one, and knowing when to pull in an EE.

• Running basic scripts on Linux systems to support testing, data pulls, or simple diagnostics — not writing production software.

What the first 100 days look like:

• By day 30: you know Anvil's CAD environment, file/revision conventions, and current product line cold. You've shadowed at least one factory floor visit and one drawing-vs-part discrepancy resolution end to end.

• By day 60: you're independently handling routine drawing updates and can identify a drawing-vs-part mismatch on your own, though you're still looping in a senior engineer before proposing fixes to the vendor.

• By day 100: you're independently identifying, diagnosing, and proposing fixes for routine drawing/part discrepancies, and communicating directly with vendor contacts on routine issues without needing a senior engineer in the loop every time.

Who you are:

• You're comfortable and competent in a parametric CAD tool (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar) — even if your experience is from coursework or an internship rather than years of professional work.

• You can read and produce a basic technical drawing, including fundamental GD&T concepts (tolerances, datums) — you don't need to be an expert, but you need to be functional.

• You know the practical difference between 24V and 48V systems, can select an appropriate wire gauge in the 15–20 AWG range for a given load, and understand the basics of how power delivery over USB works.

• You're comfortable in a Linux terminal — navigating the filesystem, editing a config file, running an existing script, and doing basic troubleshooting. You are not expected to write software from scratch.

• You're comfortable walking a factory floor, physically handling parts, and having a direct, sometimes difficult conversation with a vendor contact when something doesn't match spec.

• You default to flagging problems rather than staying quiet about a mismatch you've noticed, even before you're sure what's causing it.

• Fluent in Mandarin, with working proficiency in English (Anvil's internal reporting and documentation are in English).

• Based in or willing to relocate to Taiwan, with the ability to be on-site at factory/production locations regularly.

Education & experience:

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent diploma) in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or a related field. No graduate degree needed.

• 0–2 years of professional experience. The ideal background is an internship or first job spent working directly under a senior mechanical or manufacturing engineer — you've watched how drawing-vs-part problems actually get resolved and vendor conversations actually get handled, done growing pieces of it yourself, and are ready for the work to be yours. A sharp new grad with strong hands-on project or internship work beats years of narrow, repetitive drafting.

What this role is not:

• Not an embedded systems, firmware, or software engineering role. Scripting is a small, supporting slice of the job, not the core of it.

• Not a senior or autonomous EE design role. Your electrical knowledge needs to be solid at a foundational level, not expert — you have peers for anything beyond the basics.

• Not a remote or desk-only CAD job. You need to be willing and able to be physically present on the factory floor when a part doesn't match its drawing.

• Not a role where you're expected to make final calls alone on ambiguous technical tradeoffs — you have senior support, and using it well is part of the job.