Mechanical Engineer

Paradigm Robotics is an Austin, Texas based robotics startup building rugged, scalable, autonomous ground robots for hazardous environments. We serve emergency response, public safety, industrial, and defense. Our mission is to build robots that serve those who serve, leading missions where humans and other robots can't and shouldn't go. Our vision is eliminating the dangerous, dirty, and dull with robotics.

We’ve raised several oversubscribed rounds from top-tier venture firms. We’re working directly with over 200+ of the largest fire departments, law enforcement agencies, industrial teams, and military units across the U.S., including the Army, Navy, and SERDP. Our robots are built with and for firefighters, first responders, industrial crews, and warfighters.

We’re early - less than 2 years old, a tight-knit team of 10 - developing and scaling production of our flagship lines while releasing new platforms. Each one built to serve our nation’s most critical industries, in order to keep the brave safer.

These are foundational roles - joining now means helping shape not just the product, but the company, the culture, and the future of our mission.

We are solving problems that matter. Building robots that operate in debris, fire, water, chemicals, and chaos is incredibly hard; and building them to scale is even harder. That is why we focus on engineering rigor, rapid iteration, and deep user feedback. We ship real robots into real fires, real bases, and real operational ranges for real customers; which means everyone on the team takes ownership, talks to users, and builds.

We value curiosity, autonomy, and low-ego collaboration, and we celebrate wins while owning mistakes. At the same time, we know how to have fun. From go-kart races and off-sites in Tulum, to goldfish pranks that turned into a full aquarium, we work hard and enjoy the ride together. This is a place where you can do your best work, learn a ton, build cool things, and make lifelong friends.

Mechanical Engineer

Full-Time

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As a Mechanical Engineer, you will own mechanical systems as well as their integration into larger assemblies — many of which are subject to high-temperature, corrosive, and/or water-heavy environments; and some of which are inherently electro-mechanical systems. You will be seeing projects through the full product lifecycle, and will be heavily involved with each step.

You will build, design, engineer, lead, and test. You'll take systems from concept to production and see them deployed in the field. You’ll work closely with the team, own your work end-to-end, and make real decisions that shape the product.

We expect you to take initiative, speak up, and care about the details. You'll have a lot of autonomy, and with that, the responsibility to make high-impact decisions. We’re looking for engineers who want to own what they build and why they’re building it.

• Own complex systems and see them through all levels of product maturity
• Design innovative solutions given system requirements, producing 3D CAD and proof-of-concepts
• Drive concept validation and critical learnings through rapid iteration; jerry-rigging test platforms when its faster
• Conduct analysis to ensure designs satisfy strength, reliability, and assembly requirements
• Lead and participate in design reviews and issue triages, ensuring buy-in from cross-disciplinary engineers
• Generate assembly layouts and detailed engineering drawings using GD&T concepts
• Work with suppliers and manufacturers to ensure parts are well-produced when necessary
• Develop and execute testing plans; performing root cause analysis on failures in development and deployment
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