Senior Mechanical Engineer – Project Manager

Acorn Product Development

Sr. Mechanical Engineer / Project Manager at Acorn, focusing on robotics and automation.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeNewark • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a mechanical engineering team designing products with multiple, powered DOFs.
Design, build and testing of systems and critical components
Brainstorm, design, and compare potential product architectures against client metrics.
Identify and perform critical engineering analyses and tests from concept evaluations to production verification
Assist client to define product specifications, schedules and resource planning
Manage project budget, schedule, and deliverables as the primary point of contact with clients. Coordinate work with other engineers across multiple offices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

BSME required, MSME preferred
Minimum of 8+ years of technical system-level design experience – from architectural definition to design to release to manufacturing
Project Management experience leading a cross functional team
Mechatronics expertise: motors, bearings, gear trains, belt drives, and sensors
Experience with motion control hardware including motors (steppers, servos, dc motors) and position sensors (encoders, limit switches etc.)
Experience with end effector design is a plus
Multiple projects designed, fabricated, and tested
Automation experience for industrial applications and manufacturing lines
Hands-on system bring-up and integration with a cross functional team
ME analysis experience in kinematics, structural, thermal and tolerances,
Materials and component selection expertise
Proficient in Solidworks CAD and FEA
Experience with life science instrument and/or medical device design is a plus
Client interface capability and experience
Hands-on practical performance in shop/lab work
Design for manufacturability (high/low volume)
Project and technical reporting
Understanding of ISO 13485 (a plus)

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive salaries
Paid time off
medical, dental & vision insurance
life insurance and disability benefits
401k
health care spending accounts
quarterly and annual company events
much more.

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Hard Skills & Tools

mechanical engineeringsystem-level designmechatronicsmotion control hardwareend effector designautomationME analysismaterials selectionSolidworks CADFEA

Soft Skills

project managementclient interfaceteam leadershipresource planningschedulingbudget managementcross-functional collaborationcommunication

Certifications

BSMEMSME