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At Chewy, you’ll find yourself on a career path with other awesome humans, like yourself. You’ll be part of a culture that values everything that you do, who you are, and the goals you have set for your career. We want to give you the opportunity to grow, earn competitive pay, and be happy while you do it. Sounds simple, but we love it.\nYour Opportunity:\nChewy is seeking a Hardware Engineer II to join our Fulfillment Center Design Engineering Team. In this role, you’ll be a key contributor in the design and execution of Chewy’s large-scale fulfillment and automation infrastructure. You’ll apply data-driven analysis, mechanical and electrical design skills, and vendor coordination to deliver world-class fulfillment centers that power Chewy’s continued growth.\nYou will design and execute capital projects supporting new sites, retrofits, and automation upgrades across facilities up to 1 million square feet, ensuring that material-handling systems, robotics cells, and process equipment are safe, reliable, and scalable.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nDevelop detailed engineering designs for new ecommerce fulfillment centers and retrofits, including AutoCAD layouts, power/data plans, and process flow documentation for core, pharmacy, and perishables business verticals.\nBuild Excel- and SQL-based models to analyze material flow, throughput, storage capacity, and labor requirements.\nCreate and tabulate Requests for Proposal (RFPs) and vendor bid comparisons; recommend solutions based on technical merit and cost.\nPartner with vendors and internal teams to scope, design, and validate new fulfillment technologies such as conveyance, sortation, and robotic work cells.\nSupport Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) for conveyance, automated packaging equipment, and robotics.\nEnsure all designs meet Chewy’s safety, compliance, and reliability standards, incorporating maintainability and redundancy.\nParticipate in design reviews, cross-functional coordination, and installation planning alongside Operations, Maintenance, and Controls Engineering teams.\nAuthor Capital Approval Requests (CARs) and project documentation for initiatives typically in the $500K-$2M+ range.\nDocument lessons learned and proposed process improvements to standardize designs and increase project velocity.\nWhat You’ll Need:\nBachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, or related Engineering field (or equivalent work experience).\n3-6 years of experience in fulfillment, manufacturing, or automation system design.\nProficiency in AutoCAD, Excel modeling, and basic SQL/database tools.\nFamiliarity with material-handling and automation systems (conveyors, robotics, ASRS, or sortation).\nStrong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.\nAbility to execute multiple high-priority projects in a fast-paced environment.\nWillingness to travel 25%+ to support site visits, vendor tests, and installations.\nBonus:\nMaster’s degree in Engineering or related field.\nExperience with WMS/WCS integration, Ignition, or ladder logic-based controls systems.\nExperience developing automated e-commerce fulfillment infrastructure.\nDemonstrated ability to analyze and summarize large operational data sets.\nWhat You’ll Get:\nA place where you can be your authentic self and grow your career. Our pet parents and partners are from everywhere--different places and different walks of life. It is what makes them unique. Likewise, Chewtopians are encouraged to bring their perspectives to deliver on our mission!\nWork in a culture that cares, with managers who value you and your career journey. Be empowered to think big, thrive on delivering results, and to become your best.\nDevelopment of meaningful connections with a diverse group of Chewtopians through Team Member Resource Groups and celebrate inclusivity with various company events, programs, and activities.\nComprehensive medical, dental, vision benefits, in addition to wellness programs and resources, enabling you to be your best self in and outside of work.\nThe base salary range for this role is $96,000 - $153,000.00.The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08+ positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.\n\nWe offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.\nExempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.\nChewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact .\nTo access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5879,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["401k plan","Company events","Equity","Parental leave","Unlimited PTO","Wellness"],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["E-commerce Platforms","Pet Food, Supplies & Care"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-13T08:14:36Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 184 · green card filings: 110","filings_12m":184,"filings_prev_12m":257,"green_card_filings_12m":110,"median_offered_wage_usd":149813,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-10-03T21:08:04+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":75,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.834,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":12,"expected_fill_days":30,"reasons":["conf:20","win:mid","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-10-14T06:34:16Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":500000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/chewy-hardware-engineer-ii","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/chewy-hardware-engineer-ii.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-10-14T08:53:32Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":9707,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-10-15T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":709617},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=709617"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fchewy-hardware-engineer-ii"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fchewy-hardware-engineer-ii"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fchewy-hardware-engineer-ii"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/chewy-hardware-engineer-ii\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fchewy-hardware-engineer-ii"}]}