# Founding Mechanical Engineer

Location: San Francisco, UNITED STATES (Office) On-Site | Full-time Compensation: $150K - $200K Our client is an early-stage hardware company building advanced automated process cells that unite precision machinery, board handling, assembly, and electrical testing into a single, high-speed iteration loop. They are seeking a highly hands-on Founding Mechanical Engineer to own the design, prototyping, and validation of core physical mechanisms. This individual will directly design and build precision assemblies, motion systems, custom fixtures, and robotic handoffs designed for repeatable, high-cycle performance. This is an intensive, high-ownership role based fully on-site in San Francisco. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced hardware development environment, favors practical bench-testing over prolonged CAD cycles, and takes pride in taking complex physical problems from messy prototypes to fully functioning automated systems. Key Responsibilities: Precision Systems Design: Design and validate precision motion systems, frames, alignment fixtures, and mechanisms to achieve tight, measured tolerances. Automation & Handling: Build board-handling systems and robotic handoff mec

- **Id**: 1173923
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/mlabs-founding-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-24T10:07:55Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-24
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T12:35:34Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 49
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5063
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Smart Contracts & Security, Blockchain Infrastructure

## Company

- **Id**: 4155
- **Name**: MLabs
- **Domain**: mlabs.city
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/mlabs>
- **Size band**: 51-200
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: services
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workable

## Salary

- **Min**: 150000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 49

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-24T10:07:55Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 56
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.749
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 49
- **Expected fill days**: 60
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T10:38:37Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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