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Salary: USD 167,600 - 251,400 / annual
Carbon is seeking a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer to serve as a primary architect of the company's hardware future. This is a remote role based in North Carolina, reporting to leadership within a high-velocity hardware team.
In this role, you will own the high-level mechanical architecture for new 3D printing platforms, ensuring modularity, serviceability, and industry-leading precision. You will act as the technical bridge between Systems, Electrical, Software, and Materials Science teams to de-risk 0-to-1 products. You will define company-wide frameworks for validation, reliability testing, and design-for-manufacturability (DFM) to ensure hardware excellence at global scale.
You will partner with Leadership and Product Management to translate product needs into a multi-year technical execution strategy, and proactively identify and resolve architectural gaps in the technology to improve long-term product performance. You will serve as an influencer and decision maker in critical Design Reviews and Root Cause Analysis for high-stakes hardware events or failures.
As a technical cornerstone, you are expected to elevate the engineering bar across the organization and mentor the next generation of staff-level talent. This role requires navigating extreme ambiguity to deliver elegant, high-reliability systems.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 12+ years of experience in mechanical or mechatronics product development, with a proven track record of shipping complex systems from "blank sheet" to mass production
- Proven ability to scale: history of successfully mentoring and leveling up Senior and Staff-level engineers across a hardware organization
- Expert-level intuition in thermodynamics, structural dynamics, and precision motion control within high-tolerance environments
- Extensive experience managing Tier 1 JDM/CM partners and directing global pilot and production builds
- Executive and cross-functional communication skills; ability to distill complex technical trade-offs into clear, data-driven recommendations for leadership
- Expert-level application of GD&T (ASME Y14.5), DFMEA, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to high-volume hardware
- Expertise in performing engineering analysis of major systems including detailed tolerance, safety, thermal, stress, fatigue, lifetime, manufacturability, failure modes, and cost
- Experience in material selection in sheet metal, metal, plastic, and elastomers
- Attitude of mentorship towards junior engineers across the organization
BONUS EXPERIENCE:
- Proficiency in software or firmware development for developing custom tools or automated test hardware
- Direct experience in optics, fluidics, or UV-curable resin systems
- Portfolio of patents or proprietary innovations in robotics, automation, or additive manufacturing
