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Berkshire Grey is seeking an experienced mechanical engineer to support the continued development and improvement of the Stride Shuttle Sorter, an established industrial automation product. This is a hands-on technical role focused on enhancing reliability, strengthening the technical foundation, and adapting the platform for new applications and markets.
You will investigate complex product issues, identify improvement opportunities, and help the team make sound technical decisions that balance reliability, performance, cost, manufacturability, serviceability, and schedule. The role requires disciplined execution: product improvements are only complete when supporting analysis, drawings, bills of material, test documentation, and engineering changes are accurate and released.
Key responsibilities include:
- Develop deep system-level understanding of the Stride product, including mechanical systems and interactions with controls, electrical hardware, manufacturing, installation, and service
- Own complex mechanical projects from problem definition through design, analysis, prototyping, validation, documentation, release, and production support
- Lead investigations into reliability and performance issues using structured root-cause analysis, testing, and field data
- Identify recurring problems and develop robust solutions addressing underlying causes
- Evaluate how proposed changes affect the broader product across reliability, safety, cost, manufacturability, and compatibility
- Support adaptation of the Stride platform for new customers, applications, and market segments
- Provide technical direction for mechanical projects and subsystem-level work involving other engineers and cross-functional partners
- Create and maintain high-quality engineering documentation including requirements, calculations, drawings, bills of material, test plans, and engineering change orders
- Work closely with manufacturing, sourcing, quality, controls, electrical engineering, installation, service, and product management teams
- Communicate technical risks, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
- Review work of other engineers and strengthen team technical practices and documentation quality
- Mentor less-experienced engineers and contribute to collaborative engineering culture
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering or related engineering discipline
- 5+ years of experience designing, developing, and supporting complex mechanical or electromechanical products
- Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals including mechanisms, structural design, materials, tolerancing, manufacturing processes, and component selection
- Demonstrated ability to independently investigate ambiguous technical problems and bring them to documented, production-ready resolution
- Experience improving reliability of existing products through root-cause analysis, testing, and design changes
- Ability to understand system-level behavior and recognize how changes in one area affect the rest of the product
- Sound engineering judgment and ability to make practical tradeoffs among technical performance, risk, cost, schedule, and product complexity
- Experience taking designs through release and change-control processes including drawings, bills of material, design reviews, validation, and engineering changes
- Willingness to take ownership of both highly technical work and detailed documentation
- Ability to work autonomously while building alignment within multidisciplinary teams
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience with industrial automation, material-handling equipment, robotics, conveyors, or complex machinery
- Experience supporting products deployed in customer or production environments
- Familiarity with reliability engineering methods, failure analysis, risk assessment, and design verification
- Experience designing for manufacturing, assembly, installation, maintenance, and field service
- Experience with SolidWorks, PDM/PLM systems, and formal engineering change-control processes
- Experience mentoring engineers or improving team processes, tools, or technical standards
