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title: 'Mechanical Engineer at Humble Robotics'
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# Mechanical Engineer at Humble Robotics

- **Company:** Humble Robotics
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-03-17
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/humble-robotics/d5dd58ed-fdb1-4018-92cc-2c8bd6709042

## Job description

## About Humble Robotics

Working at Humble Robotics means taking on the biggest change in ground transportation in decades. We’re building an autonomous, zero-emissions hauler that dramatically lowers the cost of freight with groundbreaking vision-based AI, designed for today’s global logistics network.

We’re a fast-moving, close-knit team of AV industry veterans and innovative thinkers. We don’t believe culture can be engineered – but when it falls into place, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime adventure.

Progress has never felt so present.

Position Overview Own design, integration, and early validation of new mechanical hardware for large autonomous vehicles.

## Key Responsibilities

- Design, prototype, and validate mechanical systems and components for autonomous trucking platforms

- Create detailed CAD models and engineering drawings for fabrication and assembly

- Work hands-on in the shop to build, modify, and test hardware

- Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical, software, and systems engineers

- Support integration of sensors, compute hardware, and vehicle subsystems

- Conduct root cause analysis and implement design improvements

- Develop and execute test plans (bench and vehicle-level)

- Manage parts sourcing, fabrication vendors, and assembly processes

- Contribute to rapid iteration cycles and field deployments

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering discipline

- 2+ years of relevant industry or internship experience

- Strong hands-on experience with shop tools, including:

- Manual mill and lathe

- Laser cutter

- Power tools (drills, grinders, etc.)

- Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred)

- Familiarity with GD&T and tolerance stack-ups

- Experience designing for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA)

- Ability to build and test prototypes independently

- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail

- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment

- Familiarity with sheet metal, machining, and rapid prototyping methods (3D printing, CNC, etc.)

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working on large vehicles, or autonomous vehicles

- Basic understanding of electrical systems and sensor integration

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## Experience with PLM/PDM systems

- Familiarity with FEA or other simulation tools

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## Experience supporting field testing or deployments

- Startup or small-team experience

As part of the interview process, we may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools to compare your qualifications and experience to the job description. A human reviews all AI output and makes a final hiring decision. Humble Robotics does not rely on the output to make any employment decisions. Some applicants may have a legal right to opt-out of the use of AI as part of our interview process. Contact legal@humblerobotics.ai to exercise this right or if you have further questions on the use of AI tools in our hiring process.

Humble Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, marital status or any other characteristics protected by law. Humble Robotics will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner consistent with local ordinances.

## About Humble Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Humble Robotics develops fully autonomous, electric Class 8 haulers to decarbonize and lower the cost of commercial freight transportation.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2026
- **Founders**: Eyal Cohen

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Autonomous vehicles, Robotics, Logistics, Freight transportation
- Target customers: Enterprise logistics providers, freight carriers, and global supply chain networks (B2B)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Decarbonizing freight transportation, the backbone of global supply chains but also a major contributor to greenhouse gases."

## Products & Services
- **[Humble Hauler]**: A fully autonomous, electric Class 8 hauler designed for dock-to-dock freight movement. It is cabless, features 360º visibility, and uses vision-first autonomy (vision-language-action models) on a low-cost, flexible hardware platform that supports multiple vehicle configurations.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: $24 million in total funding (Seed round)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Eclipse (lead investor), Energy Impact Partners. Backed by veteran industry advisors.
- **Growth Signals**: Founded in 2026 and already raised a $24M seed round; team of 26 employees; actively hiring for 13+ open roles in engineering and autonomy. Has launched initial pilots with leading logistics partners toward commercial deployment.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Purpose-built, cabless design**: Removing the front cab enables 360º visibility and lowers structural costs.
- **Vision-first autonomy (VLA models)**: Uses advanced physical AI that adapts to complex, real-world logistics scenarios.
- **Experienced team**: Hails from companies like Google, Uber, Apple, Tesla, and Rivian, with deep expertise in autonomy and trucking.
- **End-to-end focus**: Targeting a complete dock-to-dock solution, not just highway autonomy, differentiating from many autonomous trucking competitors.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue development of the autonomous hauler platform.
- Launch and scale initial pilot programs with logistics partners.
- Move toward early-stage manufacturing and broader commercial deployment.
- Grow the engineering team across autonomy, hardware, and software disciplines.

## Why Work Here
- **Team & Culture**: Described as a "fast-moving, close-knit team of AV industry veterans and innovative thinkers" with a "high responsibility, high reward" ethos. Emphasizes "fun, challenging problems" and "brilliant talent to learn from."
- **Work Model**: On-site in San Francisco. Flexible work schedules and "amazing benefits" are advertised. Office is located at the "center of AV innovation."
- **Engineering Culture**: 59% of the workforce is in technical roles. Actively recruiting for engineers in autonomy, simulation, embedded systems, vehicle systems, hardware validation, data engineering, and more. Works with a modern tech stack including Python, PyTorch, CUDA, Linux, Bazel, Terraform, and simulation tools.
- **Growth Opportunity**: Early-stage company tackling a massive challenge (decarbonizing freight), offering high ownership and impact from day one.

## Sources
1. [humblerobotics.ai - Company Page](https://humblerobotics.ai/company)
2. [humblerobotics.ai - Careers Page](https://humblerobotics.ai/careers)
3. [LinkedIn - Humble Robotics](https://linkedin.com/company/humblerobotics)
4. [Built In - Humble Robotics](https://builtin.com/company/humble-robotics)
5. [Lever - Humble Robotics Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/humble-robotics)

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