Location: San Bruno, CA | Full-time | Minimum 3 Days Onsite

The mission for this Mechanical Engineer position is to play a key role on Empo Health’s engineering team. Specifically, you will help further engineer our first product, a diagnostic scanner for diabetics, by helping us redesign from a pilot-scale product to a scalable product design, while also contributing design improvements and thinking into our next generation of products. This is a mid-level role that is hands-on and embedded in a small, agile hardware team. You’ll work closely with cross-functional partners and contribute directly to both short-term updates and long-term design strategy.

• Contribute directly to the redesign from pilot production (~10 units/week) to scalable low-volume production (~1,000 units/quarter) of our current generation product.

• Contribute to mechanical rework strategies based on field feedback and internal testing.

• Develop and release robust mechanical designs in CAD with appropriate documentation and properly toleranced drawings.

• Improve production fixturing and test processes through design and documentation updates.

• Design components and assemblies suited for high-volume production methods, including injection-molded plastics, sheet metal, and machined parts.

• Collaborate cross-functionally to originate and execute verification and validation test plans.

• Travel as needed to contract manufacturer sites to support builds and design transfers.

• Work closely with the engineering team to influence product quality, reliability, and manufacturability.

• Help establish a culture of engineering excellence as we grow.

• A mid-level mechanical engineer with 4–6 years of relevant experience.

• Excellent proficiency in 3D CAD part design, assembly design and management, master modeling, and the production of engineering drawings.

• Experienced in high-volume production design, especially injection-molded plastics, sheet metal, and machined part design.

• Familiarity with mechatronic systems, including motor-driven mechanisms and sensor integration.

• Experience performing tolerance analysis and solving tight, critical tolerance loops.

• Able to release production-ready drawings with classic and GD&T tolerancing applied as necessary.

• Able and willing to get hands-on with the assembly and testing of new designs.

• Comfortable with a variety of physical prototyping tools and methods

• Thoughtful and creative in developing functional and reliability test strategies.

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and wearing multiple hats.

• Available to work onsite in San Bruno at least 3 days/week and travel occasionally to Fremont, CA.

• Specific experience with OnShape CAD

• Experience developing or improving test protocols and fixtures

• Experience with Design of Experiments for hardware validation

• Exposure to/Experience with medical device Quality Management Systems (ISO 13485, FDA QSR, IEC 60601)

• Experience with PLM tools, ideally Duro

• Basic scripting or automation experience for test automation (Python and/or PLC programming preferred)

• Experience supporting sustaining engineering, ECOs, and field-driven design changes.

• Experience originating and designing fixtures to aid in the assembly, calibration, and/or testing of hardware products

• Execute design updates focused on scaling production, improving reliability, and manufacturability.

• Develop and release mechanical designs and documentation using Onshape

• Apply DFM/DFA and GD&T principles across injection-molded, sheet metal, and machined components.

• Originate and execute design verification and validation test plans, or work closely with others to support them.

• Assist with sustaining engineering tasks such as field failure investigations, root cause analysis, ECOs, and product documentation updates.

• Interface with our contract manufacturer, including occasional onsite support for builds and issue resolution.

• Be a core member of a small team shaping both current and next-generation hardware.

Empo Health is a seed-funded, NSF-supported medical device startup developing in-home diagnostic tools that expand access to preventive care. Our first product, the Empo Footprint, is a smart scale that scans the bottom of the feet to detect early signs of diabetic foot ulcers.

• A small team where you can make meaningful contributions and take ownership of designs in a fast paced and agile environment.

• Opportunity to influence the culture of a small, growing startup while learning from several veterans in the industry.

• Hybrid-friendly working environment (with a 3+ day/week onsite expectation).

• “Take what you need” vacation and sick leave policy.

• Generous coverage for medical, dental, vision, and mental wellness plans.

• 12-week parental leave + part-time transition period at full pay.

• Equity incentive options for early full-time employees.

• Competitive pay based on experience.

We value diverse backgrounds and perspectives at Empo Health. Even if you don’t meet every qualification above, we encourage you to apply if you believe you’d be a strong fit for the role. You might bring something we didn’t know we needed.