Mechanical Engineer

Our Company

MISO develops technology that elevates human potential in the commercial kitchen. We’re engineering production‑ready robotic systems that tightly integrate perception, real‑time decision making, and electromechanical controls to automate the most dangerous, least desirable tasks in food preparation. That means building software that understands the physical world as it actually behaves, and hardware that can execute precisely in the face of chaos.

Success is measured in uptime, throughput, and trust from our customers, not demos.

Our flagship platform, Flippy, is already operating in high‑volume restaurant kitchens across seven states. Zippy, our Kitchen Intelligence software centralizes all operational data in our broader ecosystem, expanding the role of AI‑enabled autonomy in real‑world operations. Backed by industry leaders, including Ecolab (NYSE: ECL), Miso combines the stability of a proven commercial product with the technical depth and ambition of a company passionately innovating to solve foundational problems in robotics and restaurant operations.

If you’re excited by hard constraints, real customers, and the challenge of making machines perform reliably where failure isn’t an option, you’ll find meaningful problems to work on here.

The Mid‑Level Mechanical Engineer will play a crucial role in deploying our Flippy robotic kitchen assistants, focusing on enhancing the user experience and ensuring seamless integration into live restaurant environments. This position works closely with product end users and across the full development lifecycle, with a particular emphasis on the deployment phase. The primary function of this role is to be a first point of contact in supporting immediate needs for Engineering, Operations, Sales, and other cross‑functional partners.

• Define hardware requirements and perform system‑level design trades with the product team, specifically for Flippy deployment.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineering, systems, and testing teams to evaluate and optimize designs for customer needs, reliability, and ease of deployment of Flippy into a live restaurant environment.
• Contribute to the full development cycle of Flippy’s various robot subsystems (mechanical, electronic, software, etc.) to meet defined performance requirements, with a focus on deployment considerations. This includes architecture definition, component selection, system design, analysis, testing, qualification, etc.
• Design, prototype, and build mechanical and electro‑mechanical modules for Flippy robotic systems, with an eye towards robust deployment.
• Implement rigorous and insightful testing protocols, creating testing documentation and test designs specifically for Flippy’s deployment.
• Iterate on designs to drive long‑term reliability in the field for Flippy.
• Build and maintain detailed CAD models and drawings for Flippy components and assemblies.
• Manage and issue ECOs for Flippy parts and assemblies, assign part numbers, track revisions, and organize sub‑assemblies and assemblies using Arena PLM.
• Apply DFM on early‑stage part designs to drive down manufacturing costs for Flippy components.
• Collaborate with the Supply Chain team to identify and evaluate component suppliers and vendors for Flippy.
• Maintain inventory and BOM for Flippy parts within the system.
• Integrate Flippy’s mechanical modules with other systems (electrical, electronic, software, etc.) during deployment.
• Collaborate with the supply chain team to work with third‑party vendors to procure and build parts for Flippy; aid in establishing supply chain and assembly paths for large‑scale manufacturing and deployment.
• Design and simulate Flippy component parts to reduce cost and increase reliability.
• Deploy complex Flippy electro‑mechanical systems at scale.
• Participate in design sessions with your team to build a shared understanding of the Flippy product.
• Create and maintain documentation on the Flippy systems you create.
• Field feedback & design improvement: gathering and organizing field feedback.
• Develop and optimize designs in 3D CAD software with associated CAE tools.
• Validate manufacturing,…