R&D Mechanical Engineer

Who We Are

Velocity Bolting designs engineered products that solve the most complex bolting problems in the world. Our patented Velocity Washer technology is used globally by the largest industrial players, helping them work more safely, efficiently, and reliably in demanding environments. We’re in the process of launching our next product.

We have lots of gritty startup energy, but we’re past the “idea stage.” We have real product–market fit, customers around the world, and growing traction across multiple industries. Our work sits at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and real-world industrial application - where problems are hard, constraints are real, and solutions actually matter.

• Works collaboratively to solve complex problems.
• Cares about building a sustainable, long-term business.
• Takes pride in doing high-quality work.
• And genuinely enjoys working together along the way.

This is not a grind-for-the-sake-of-grinding culture. We believe in working hard on meaningful problems, supporting each other, and building something we’re proud of together.

Accelerate new product development by owning the execution of our engineering and lab work. Model it, build it, test it, document it - so that design iteration is never waiting on capacity, and so the people designing new products get real data back fast enough to act on it.

We’re bringing multiple novel products to market over the next twelve months, and we’re designing and building a new R&D lab to support them. You’re joining early enough to shape how that lab works - the test stands, the fixtures, the methods, the way data gets captured - rather than inheriting someone else’s setup.

The first physical test platform is yours to design and build.

This role is measured against a hiring scorecard with specific, agreed targets. These are the outcomes - how you hit them is up to you. Directionally, in your first 12 months you would:

• Design and build a physical test platform for validating product performance - the rig and fixturing itself, not just the data and simulation side.
• Experimentally validate our hydraulic design model by testing prototypes to failure on that stand.
• Experimentally determine K-values for a novel product.
• Establish and run the lab’s inbound and outbound process for prototypes, parts, and samples.
• Produce fully parameterized models and manufacturing drawings for a novel product and a Velocity Washer design revision.
• Assess and optimize a novel product and all Velocity Washer variants using design automation.
• Proactively pick up the engineering and lab work that frees the rest of the team to build new tools and models faster.

You’ll see the full scorecard with exact numbers and dates during the interview process. We want you to know what you’ll be measured against before you accept any offer. This needs to be a good fit both ways.

• Fully parameterized Solid Works models and manufacturing drawings, with GD&T and tolerancing that hold up at the supplier.
• Simulation work, and the validation that tells us whether the model was right.
• Design automation - building the tooling that lets us evaluate a family of variants instead of one part at a time.
• Analysis and reduction of test data into something a decision can be made from.

• Test rig and fixture design, and the physical build, not just specifying.
• Test setup, instrumentation, execution, and data recording.
• Dimensional inspection of incoming parts and prototypes.
• Receiving, shipping, and tracking of samples, prototypes, and test hardware.

• Material traceability and certification records.
• Documentation to ISO 9001 requirements - we’re building toward certification and you’ll help hold the line.
• Drawing and document revision control.
• Test summaries and spec sheets clear enough for a customer or an auditor to follow

• Feed results back into design and method - including when the data contradicts the…