# Mechanical Engineer

Design, simulate and test mechanical components and integrate them into complete vehicles. The ideal candidate will be a very talented, creative, capable hands-on engineer who is excited about joining an interdisciplinary team that is revolutionizing boardsports and transportation and shipping product. We’re looking for a creative and forward-thinking engineer who shares our vision for this company and our willingness to work extremely hard, in a start-up environment, to bring that vision to life. Do you have a track record of solving complex engineering challenges and delivering outstanding products? Do you build, tinker, hack, and create in your spare time? Are you obsessively attentive to detail? The job is based in our westside Santa Cruz, CA location just half a mile from the beach! To apply for the position, please submit a cover letter that mentions why you would be a great fit for this role along with your resume. Due to the number of applications, we may not be able to contact everyone directly. Key responsibilities + expectations Design enclosures, housings, mechanisms and electromechanical components. Validate, test, and iterate on existing mechanical and electromechanic

- **Id**: 61873
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/santa-cruz-tech-beat-mechanical-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Santa Cruz, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2015-11-11T06:12:18Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2015-11-11
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T05:17:54Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 4022
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 1966
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: News Agencies, Digital Media

## Company

- **Id**: 20552
- **Name**: Santa Cruz Tech Beat
- **Domain**: santacruztechbeat.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/santa-cruz-tech-beat>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Lever

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 71000
- **Max usd**: 168000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_country_seniority_unknown
- **Sample n**: 15150

## Technologies

- **SolidWorks** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 4020

## Requirements

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

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2015-11-11T06:12:18Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-08-18T11:38:36Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-09-05T14:57:34Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 4
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.141
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 4022
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

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