# Mechanical Engineer (Robotics & Electromechanical)

About Overlay Overlay is building the world's first intelligent makeup robot, reimagining beauty application through robotics, perception, and design. As a venture-backed, pre-launch startup, we're defining a new category of personal robotics at the intersection of self-expression and engineering. We're a small team inventing what doesn't yet exist and turning it into something beautiful. What You'll Own Own mechanical design of robotic and electromechanical subsystems, from concept through build Design motion systems: select and size motors, gearboxes, bearings, sensors and actuators Design cable management and routing through moving assemblies Run FEA and tolerance analysis, and turn results into design changes Design plastic and machined parts for manufacturing (injection molding, CNC, sheet metal) Design and build test fixtures; plan and run validation with clear pass/fail data Create assembly and fabrication-ready drawings Work with firmware, electrical, robotics and vendor teams to keep interfaces and specs clear Embody our company values of ownership, velocity and craft What We're Looking For 4+ years designing robotic or electromechanical products, through at least one buil

- **Id**: 4144169
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/overlay-mechanical-engineer-robotics-electromechanical>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Oakland, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-12T04:23:48Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-12
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-12T06:24:31Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2862
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible time off
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Industrial Robotics, Machine Vision & 3D Cameras

## Company

- **Id**: 3806176
- **Name**: Overlay
- **Domain**: overlay.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/overlay-5>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Gem

## Salary

- **Min**: 135000
- **Max**: 175000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 175000

## Technologies

- **GD&T** — Optional: no
- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-12T06:24:31Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 24
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-12T07:55:42Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 175000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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