[Hiring] Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer @Carbon, Inc.

Role Description

As a Senior Staff Mechanical Engineer, you will be a primary architect of Carbon’s hardware future. You won't just design parts; you will define the technical roadmap and foundational architectures for our next generation of additive manufacturing solutions. As a senior leader within a high-velocity hardware team, you will navigate extreme ambiguity to deliver elegant, high-reliability systems. You are expected to be a technical cornerstone, elevating the engineering bar across the organization and mentoring the next generation of staff-level talent.

Note: This role is remote; working from a home office in North Carolina.

• Drive Hardware Architecture: Own the high-level mechanical architecture for new 3D printing platforms, ensuring modularity, serviceability, and industry-leading precision.
• Lead Cross-Functional Technical Delivery: Act as the technical bridge between Systems, Electrical, Software, and Materials Science to de-risk 0-to-1 products.
• Establish Engineering Standards: Define company-wide frameworks for validation, reliability testing, and DFM to ensure hardware excellence at global scale.
• Influence the Roadmap: Partner with Leadership and Product Management to translate product needs into a multi-year technical execution strategy.
• Navigate Technical Debt: Proactively identify and resolve architectural gaps in our technology to improve long-term product performance.
• Act as a Technical Gatekeeper: Serve as an influencer and decision maker in critical Design Reviews and Root Cause Analysis for high-stakes hardware events or failures.

Qualifications

• Industry Tenure and Experience: 12+ years of experience in mechanical or mechatronics product development, with a proven track record of shipping complex systems from "blank sheet" to mass production.
• Proven ability to scale: A history of successfully mentoring and leveling up Senior and Staff-level engineers across a hardware organization.
• Systems-level Expertise: Expert-level intuition in thermodynamics, structural dynamics, and precision motion control within high-tolerance environments.
• Manufacturing Insight: Extensive experience managing Tier 1 JDM/CM partners and directing global pilot and production builds.
• Executive and Cross-Functional Communication: The ability to distill complex technical trade-offs into clear, data-driven recommendations for leadership.
• Foundational Rigor: Expert-level application of GD&T (ASME Y14.5), DFMEA, and Statistical Process Control (SPC) to high-volume hardware.
• Mentorship: An attitude of mentorship towards junior engineers across the organization.
• Expertise in performing engineering analysis of major systems that can include: detailed tolerance, safety, thermal, stress, fatigue, lifetime, manufacturability, failure modes, and cost.
• Experience in material selection in sheet metal, metal, plastic, and elastomers.

Bonus Experience

• Interdisciplinary Engineering: Proficiency in software or firmware development for developing custom tools or automated test hardware.
• Domain Expertise: Direct experience in optics, fluidics, or UV-curable resin systems.
• Innovation Record: A portfolio of patents or proprietary innovations in the fields of robotics, automation, or additive manufacturing.

Compensation

At Carbon, we look at the person holistically and carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining salary. The compensation bracket based on a North Carolina location for this position is $167,600 - $251,400 (per year). In order to maintain equitable internal pay practices, we aim to hire new employees near the midpoint of $209,500 taking into account your experience, work location, certifications, and the unique skills you bring to the role.

Benefits

Carbon also offers to our eligible employees a comprehensive total rewards package that includes equity, benefits, and time off programs. For details on our total rewards package, visit https://www.carbon3d.com/about/life-at-carbon .