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title: 'Mechanical Engineer at Omi'
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# Mechanical Engineer at Omi

- **Company:** Omi
- **Location:** Shenzhen, China
- **Employment:** part-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/omi/cf9409e4-5499-4018-a227-40b6b7afedce

## Job description

## About Omi

Omi is building the next generation of wearable AI hardware — devices that live on you and work with you. We move fast, ship real hardware, and obsess over every millimeter.

## The Role

Part-time Mechanical Engineer based in or near Shenzhen. You will help design enclosures and mechanical systems for our wearable devices, owning the mechanical side from concept through to factory handoff. Remote with periodic in-person sessions at our factory in Shenzhen.

## What you will do

- Design and iterate on enclosures, brackets, and mechanical assemblies for wearable consumer electronics
- Create 3D models and 2D manufacturing drawings (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or equivalent)
- Run tolerance stack-ups, fit and finish reviews, and DFM analysis
- Coordinate directly with injection molding, CNC, and assembly vendors in Shenzhen
- Own mechanical sign-off through EVT/DVT/PVT build cycles

## What we are looking for

- 3+ years of mechanical engineering experience in consumer electronics or wearables
- Strong CAD skills (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or similar)
- Deep familiarity with injection molding, CNC machining, surface finishing, and assembly processes
- Experience working directly with factories in the Pearl River Delta
- Able to be on-site in Shenzhen for key build events

## About Omi

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Omi (Based Hardware Inc.) builds an open-source AI-powered wearable that captures conversations and screen activity to create a structured, searchable memory and productivity assistant.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed stage; $2.7M total funding raised)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2024
- **Founders**: Nik Shevchenko (CEO) – [omi.me/careers](https://www.omi.me/pages/careers)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI wearable hardware / note-taking software / brain-computer interface (BCI) development.
- **Target customers**: B2C (professionals, knowledge workers) and B2B (teams and enterprises); currently trusted by teams at Tony Robbins, Salesforce, SoftBank.
- **Mission / purpose**: “Enabling humans with smart consumer hardware unlocks our highest potential. By bringing humans and machines closer together we hope to remove communication barrier between the brain and machine, and raise everyone’s quality of life.” – [omi.me/careers](https://www.omi.me/pages/careers)

## Products & Services
- **Omi Wearable**: A hardware device designed for 24/7 continuous capture of conversations and ambient audio, paired with a mobile app. Open-source firmware and hardware specs available on GitHub. – [github.com/basedhardware/omi](https://github.com/basedhardware/omi)
- **Omi macOS App**: A desktop application (Swift/SwiftUI with Rust backend) that records screen and speech, generates transcripts, summaries, and action items, and provides an AI chat with full memory of everything seen and heard. – [github.com/basedhardware/omi](https://github.com/basedhardware/omi)
- **Omi Mobile App (iOS/Android)**: Flutter-based app that pairs with the wearable or runs standalone, offering voice-to-notes transcription, tasks, reminders, and AI chat. – [omi.me](https://www.omi.me/)
- **SDKs & APIs**: Open-source SDKs for React Native, Swift, Python, and a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, allowing developers to build custom apps and integrations. – [github.com/basedhardware/omi](https://github.com/basedhardware/omi)
- **Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Developer Kit**: Announced for Q1 2025, enabling developers to build mind-controlled AI applications. – [omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m](https://www.omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m-from-tim-draper)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metrics**: 
  - **Total Funding**: $2.7M (two Pre-Seed rounds: $700k led by 5Y Capital in Aug 2024; $2M led by Tim Draper in Mar 2025). – [linkedin.com/company/omidotme](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omidotme)
  - **User Base**: 300,000+ professionals. – [github.com/basedhardware/omi](https://github.com/basedhardware/omi)
  - **Monthly Website Visits**: 336,768 (growth +94.9% month-over-month). – [linkedin.com/company/omidotme](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omidotme)
  - **Headcount**: 14 employees (+633.3% YoY). – [linkedin.com/company/omidotme](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omidotme)
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Tim Draper, Dropbox co-founder (unnamed in article), 468 Capital, Embedding VC, 5Y Capital, and angels. – [omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m](https://www.omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m-from-tim-draper)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Raised $2M from high-profile investors in early 2025.
  - 633% headcount growth year-over-year.
  - Open-source community with 3,900+ members on Discord.
  - Operating in 7 countries (US, India, Portugal, Kenya, China, Nepal, Israel).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Open-Source Ecosystem**: Full stack (firmware, mobile app, macOS app, backend, and SDKs) is open source – builds trust, allows customization, and attracts developer contributors.
- **Hardware + Software + BCI**: Only company combining an AI wearable, a full productivity app, and a brain-computer interface developer kit in one open platform.
- **Hiring Through Contributions**: Every hire so far has come via open-source pull requests – ensures a highly motivated, capable engineering team.
- **Founders’ Track Record**: The team consists of “cracked engineers” who previously built startups with millions of users or significant funding. – [omi.me/careers](https://www.omi.me/pages/careers)

## Strategic Focus
- Shipping a next-generation AI wearable in 2025.
- Launching the BCI developer kit to enable mind-controlled applications.
- Expanding the open-source developer ecosystem through hackathons, bounties, and contests.
- Aggressively hiring world-class engineers, designers, and builders across Flutter, Next.js, firmware, and generalist roles.
- Targeting both individual professionals and enterprise deployments.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “We build, ship, break things (then fix them), and push boundaries” – a fast-moving, founder-led startup in San Francisco. Team is small (~14 people) and highly selective.
- **Hiring Philosophy**: The fastest way to join is to contribute to the GitHub repo (submit meaningful pull requests). Every current engineer joined this way.
- **Perks & Compensation**: Roles listed with $200k–$300k salary + 1%–20% equity; in-person in San Francisco; roles include Co-Founder, Founding Engineer, Head of Taste, and Community Lead.
- **Mission-Driven**: Work on technology that “changes how humans interact with AI forever” – focusing on memory enhancement and brain-computer interfaces.
- **Remote / Hybrid**: Most full-time roles are in-person in San Francisco; an Ambassador role is remote/part-time.
- **Engineering Focus**: Emphasis on open-source, hackathons, and bounties; the team uses Flutter, Next.js, Swift, Rust, Python, and firmware (nRF, Zephyr, C).

## Sources
1. [omi.me/careers](https://www.omi.me/pages/careers)
2. [omi.me](https://www.omi.me/)
3. [linkedin.com/company/omidotme](https://www.linkedin.com/company/omidotme)
4. [omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m](https://www.omi.me/blogs/news/omi-raises-2m-from-tim-draper)
5. [github.com/basedhardware/omi](https://github.com/basedhardware/omi)

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