Product Design Engineer

Mill is a waste prevention technology company reimagining what it means to eliminate waste, starting with food. We build smart systems and infrastructure for homes, businesses, and municipalities that transform food scraps from landfill-bound waste into valuable resources, including chicken feed. Tens of thousands of Mill’s residential food recyclers are already helping households divert millions of pounds of food scraps every year, paving the way for our upcoming launch of Mill Commercial—the industry’s first end-to-end solution for managing, understanding, and preventing food waste in commercial environments such as grocery stores, restaurants, and food services.

As a member of Mill’s Product Design Engineering team you will be part of a cross‑functional team to design, validate and ship Mill's hardware products. You will work closely with other members of the PD team as well as cross‑functional groups including Industrial Design, Electrical Engineering, Reliability, Product Management and Operations.

• Design mechanical systems to balance complex tradeoffs between industrial design, electrical engineering, reliability, product management and operations.
• Generate detailed CAD models, specifications and documentation.
• Prototype, test and analyze component and system designs.
• Validate system performance and iterate designs to achieve targets.
• Create predictive models and correlate them with real‑world performance.
• Perform root cause analysis of performance failures and drive corrective actions.
• Work directly with the supply chain to ensure parts are properly manufactured and assembled.

• BS degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 7+ years experience working in mechanical product design. Experience in consumer electronics or home appliance industries is preferred.
• Expertise in CAD modeling, experience with NX is preferred.
• Detailed knowledge of plastic and metal part manufacturing processes.
• Solid understanding of product design concepts including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and tolerance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to apply engineering fundamentals to find simple solutions to complex problems.
• A strong desire to work hands‑on.

The estimated base salary range for this position is $180,000 to $235,000, which does not include the value of benefits or a potential equity grant.

I understand that this role requires a minimum of 4 days a week in office.

As set forth in Mill’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.