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Salary: USD 170,000 - 210,000 / annual
Aescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company building intelligent, precision bodywork systems that redefine human recovery. The company uses real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software to deliver personalized bodywork that adapts to individuals. Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, and others. The company is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures.
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will own critical mechanical subsystems on the robotic platform, taking them from concept through design, analysis, prototyping, validation, and into production. This is a hands-on role on a small, senior hardware team where you will design, build, and test your own work, staying with it through manufacturing bring-up and field deployment.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own mechanical subsystem design from concept through production release, balancing subsystem requirements against system-level constraints
- Perform analysis and validation using FEA, kinematics, dynamics, and tolerance analysis; build and test prototypes
- Design for manufacturability, reliability, and cost; select components and processes with volume cost understanding
- Work with supply chain, contract manufacturers, and suppliers on fixtures, assembly processes, NPI, and production documentation (CAD, drawings, BOMs, specifications)
- Partner cross-functionally with Electrical, Firmware, Controls, Product, and Operations teams
- Provide mechanical engineering support for manufacturing and field issues; troubleshoot and drive defects to root cause
- Generate new concepts, write invention disclosures, and build rapid prototypes
- Travel as needed for supplier and contract manufacturer engagements, including international travel
Requirements:
- BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent hands-on experience
- 5+ years of hands-on mechanical design engineering experience on large-scale electromechanical devices
- Track record of owning mechanical subsystems through full product development lifecycle: design, implementation, debugging, verification, qualification, and manufacturing transfer
- Strong SolidWorks skills with solid understanding of statics, dynamics, kinematics, strength of materials, stress analysis (FEA), and tolerance analysis
- Demonstrated knowledge of component manufacturing processes: injection molding, sheet metal, weldments, CNC machining, surface finishes, painting/powder coating
- Hands-on prototyping, instrumentation, characterization, and testing experience; comfort in lab and factory floor
- Comfortable working with Electrical, Firmware, and Controls engineers; understanding of mechanical design within electromechanical systems
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical partners
- Pragmatic judgment on tradeoffs with limited data; ability to avoid analysis paralysis
- High standards for craftsmanship and how products look, sound, and feel
- Self-starter comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot in fast-moving startup environment
- Nice to have: high-volume consumer electronics product development experience; familiarity with design of experiments and statistical methods
Location: Fully on-site from NYC office OR based in greater Boston area with ability to travel to NYC office regularly.
