Senior Mechanical Engineer

Seasats deploys unmanned surface vessels (USVs) on multi-month missions that rely on top-quality mechanical systems. Our mechanical engineering team designs and builds these systems, providing customers with products they can count on. Our team has grown to keep pace with rapidly multiplying projects, and now we’re looking to recruit a senior engineer. This person will remove bottlenecks and execute plans, work with mechanical and vehicle design leadership, and mentor and coach junior engineers.

Role Details: Each person on this team has a lot of autonomy and responsibility. Some tasks will include:

Designing parts and assemblies

Working with junior engineers

Assisting in timeline and plan creation

Shaping design and organizational processes within the engineering team

Reviewing, detailing, and configuration management of CAD models

Designing (CAD) fixtures, tooling, jigs

Sourcing and communicating with suppliers

Filling out vehicle BOM and evaluating production/procurement options

Searching for speed and process refinements to increase production efficiency

Assembly and Q&A of incoming parts from external suppliers

Testing new and existing designs of components of the vehicles

About You: You’re a self-starter, an expert in mechanical engineering and fabrication, and have experience in the maritime space. Specifically, you have:

5+ years of experience working on high performance and/or high volume parts in a team environment

A high degree of individual autonomy and a get-stuff-done attitude

Expertise in Solidworks

A deep understanding of mechanical engineering, structures, assembly and DFM trade offs, and fabrication methods

Maritime background from extensive work and/or play on and around the ocean

An understanding of how different manufacturing processes (i.e. CNC milling, 3D printing, waterjet, etc.) affect design

Experience working in smaller mechanical engineering teams

The ability to take a napkin sketch, create a first draft CAD model, receive feedback from the team and proceed iteratively

Experience with outsourcing parts to external vendors/fabricators

Communication skills – with vendors and internal team

Organizational skills – tracking BOMs, following up with suppliers etc.

Attention to detail – understanding of GD&T, creating drawings for suppliers, etc.

Experience in startups, competitions, or similarly tight-timeline settings

Basic understanding of electrical and software needs for electro-mechanical systems

Experience with combustion engines and hybrid systems

Experience in maritime systems engineering and integration

An understanding of basic naval architecture

Basic understanding of composites

Understanding of autonomous systems

At Seasats, we're passionate about delivering maritime robotics solutions to redefine the maritime industry. Our primary products are unmanned surface vessels (USVs), designed to carry sensors at sea for months at a time. Our USVs provide persistent monitoring and data acquisition to defense, scientific, and commercial customers, and have autonomously crossed both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. After thousands of years in which the only way to gather information from the ocean was to put people on a boat, these uncrewed vessels are transforming how humanity monitors and interacts with the ocean. Here, you’ll find the space and opportunity to do your life’s best work.

Along with your salary, you’ll receive perks including:

Competitive insurance (including a 99% employer-covered Gold HMO plan or other options)

401k matching up to 4% of salary

Four free lunches per week

An employee activity fund

A pet-friendly office

Unlimited/Flex PTO

When applying, you’ll be asked to provide a resume and answer a few screening questions.

Please note that we are currently unable to sponsor employment visas, so candidates must be independently authorized to work in the United States.

We appreciate diverse perspectives and life experiences, and we’re committed to building a team that reflects a wide range of backgrounds. Seasats provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination of any type based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or local law.

We look forward to reviewing your application!