Staff Mechanical Engineer

About Bedrock

Our mission is to accelerate the exploration of Earth’s final frontier—the ocean—by pioneering autonomous technologies and unlocking transparent, actionable intelligence.

We believe that understanding the ocean is essential to thriving on this planet and beyond. The ocean is not just a vast body of water—it is the foundation of our climate, our resources, our communications, and our energy. As critical infrastructure increasingly moves beneath the waves, our ability to explore, map, and safeguard the ocean’s bedrock becomes vital.

We’re not just connecting the world by sea—we’re revealing the deep, unseen structure that connects all life. To secure our future, we must first understand the ground beneath us, the foundation of our civilization.

The Role

We are seeking a Staff Mechanical Engineer to join our team and support the design of our autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and other subsea and production equipment. More importantly we want someone who at the core wants to solve challenging physical problems that will unlock capabilities to further realize our mission.

What Youll Do

• Owning system or subsystem level designs of new subsea vehicle systems and the supporting equipment:

  • Communicate between cross-functional team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers

  • Develop functional requirements

  • Create rough concepts through sketches or other expedient medium

  • Design in CAD and verify with FEA and other software tools

  • Create part and assembly drawings

  • Manage Bill of Materials

  • Fabricate prototypes

  • Design and build electromechanical test fixtures

  • Build and test first articles

• Getting hands dirty and/or being involved in field testing

• Distilling a chaotic, fast paced environment into structured and detailed solutions

• Assisting with the handoff of new designs to Production

• Supporting Production technicians during early build cycles

About You

Experience & Expertise

• Bachelors degree in Mechanical or Ocean Engineering from an accredited institution

• 8+ years of experience in the engineering process, including concept development, analysis, design, drawing, integration and testing of complex mechanical and/or ocean deployed systems

• Shipped and deployed products at scale

• Proficiency in engineering software such as Autodesk Inventor, CAD, FEA, CFD, 

• Proficiency to independently perform engineering analysis, such as structural, dynamics, fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, materials, machine design, etc.

• Experience in integrating with electronics assemblies including printed circuit board (PCB) design and harness routing

• Experienced with design for manufacturing (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) methodologies

• Experienced with advanced manufacturing techniques, such as additive manufacturing, laser cutting, and CNC machining

• Experienced with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies

• Experienced with production documentation, such as work instructions, process maps, and control plans

• Technically manage projects of small scope

• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and time management skills

• Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with changing priorities

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Strong hands-on build, fabrication, assembly, and test experience. Willing to roll up your sleeves to deliver and complete the design through field testing

• Must be local to the Bay Area or willing to relocate

Bonus Experience

• Experience with subsea equipment or marine systems including launch and recovery

• Experience with robotics systems

• Experience using additive printers, laser cutters, and CNC machines.

• Familiarity with programming or scripting languages, such as javascript, C++, or MATLAB

Explore the last true frontier left on Earth with us

We are seeking mission oriented, purpose driven teammates who are willing to push boundaries to learn and execute when things seem impossible. The ocean is the ultimate level playing field, anyone can go, but not many can build successful systems that can survive and thrive in earth’s last frontier. We get to illuminate the darkness, explore the unknown, and be first to see what we can discover. We can see everything on earth, except in the depths of the sea. 

Bedrock is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Bedrock determines employment on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other protected status covered by either the law or common sense.

If you need any reasonable accommodations in the process, please let us know how we can support you.