Design​/Mechanical Engineer

Bridge Appliances, Inc. Mechanical Engineer IV Portsmouth, NH
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Bridge Appliances is a fast-growing robotics company seeking a hands-on Senior Mechanical Engineer to design, prototype, and scale the next generation of our automated cooking platform while driving disciplined engineering, documentation, and production readiness across a small, highly collaborative team.

At Bridge Appliances, we believe in the transformative power of food and technology. Our mission is to empower small and medium-sized restaurants to compete with industry giants through automation. By providing state-of-the-art robotic appliances that streamline operations, reduce expenses, and enhance efficiency, we level the playing field and foster success for businesses of all sizes.

Bridge Appliances is a fast-growing robotics company building automated cooking systems for commercial kitchens. As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you’ll work directly with our engineering team across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines to help design, prototype, scale production, and refine the next generation of our automated cooking platform.

This is a highly hands-on role for someone who loves building real hardware, solving practical engineering problems, and contributing to a small, tight-knit team where every person has an outsized impact.

You take deep pride in doing things the right way—not cutting corners—and you bring a disciplined, structured approach to engineering. You’re a creative mechanical designer who loves prototyping, solving problems with sound logic, and building systems that scale.

You’re organized, process-driven, and naturally think in terms of workflows and structure. As a Solid Works expert, you’re highly skilled in creating and managing Item Masters, BOM structures, and complex assemblies. You know the ECO process inside and out and ensure documentation is accurate, consistent, and ready for production.

Your strengths blend mechanical engineering with documentation discipline—roughly 80% mechanical design and 20% document—making you a crucial link between design, engineering operations, and manufacturability.

• Lead mechanical design from concept through manufacturing release, serving as a Solid Works power user responsible for creating high-quality models, assemblies, and disciplined engineering drawings. This includes maintaining disciplined CAD practices such as feature structures, configurations, and strict PDM discipline to ensure accuracy, consistency, and long-term design integrity.
• Act as the team’s document control expert, owning and reinforcing all aspects of engineering document discipline—including file structure organization, naming conventions, revision control, engineering change processes, and structured release workflows. This role will help maintain a strong culture of documentation rigor and ensure all product data is properly controlled within PDM, PLM, and ERP systems throughout its lifecycle.
• Manage product data from early development through production readiness, including creation and maintenance of ERP item masters, accurate and structured BOMs, manufacturing documentation, and integration with PLM workflows. This requires strict adherence to New Product Development (NPD) processes, project plans, design checkpoints, and release milestones to ensure successful and predictable product commercialization.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and operations to ensure design intent is preserved, production requirements are met, and manufacturability is optimized. This includes applying DFM and GD&T principles, when applicable; supporting inspection readiness; participating in design reviews; and contributing to cost, quality, and sustainability improvements.
• Drive hands-on prototyping, testing, and design iteration, building and evaluating mechanical components and subsystems, documenting results with a data-driven mindset, and refining concepts based on empirical findings. This includes leading small subsystem development efforts and supporting…