unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company building custom jeans for each consumer, on demand. Our mission is to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing. Our revolutionary technology is currently being realized through our award-winning brand unspun (one of TIME's Best Inventions, PopSci&rsquo;s Best of What&rsquo;s New), a software B2B platform powering digital customization for multiple large apparel labels, and a National Science Foundation-backed hardware team working on the future of additive and automated apparel production. We&rsquo;re a fast-moving company powered by Fifty Years, Prelude Ventures, SOSV, and the H&amp;M Foundation.
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On-demand, custom jeans reducing global carbon emissions by 1% through localized, automated production.

We are looking for a passionate Engineering Project Manager to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be to facilitate successful development of unspun’s novel textile manufacturing method, Vega™, through project planning, requirements management, and strategic resourcing. We’re looking for someone with experience in complex integrated hardware and software development who is excited about the risks and rewards of joining an early-stage startup.<h3>About us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>As a Technical Project Manager on unspun’s hardware team, you will leverage technical knowledge and experienced project management skills to drive forward all stages of development for Vega™. You will work with hardware &amp; textile engineers, technicians, and our product development team to oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of innovative hardware solutions, ensuring alignment with project goals, timelines, and quality standards.What you’ll doYou will focus on all the technical and programmatic details of developing and building our novel robotic loom. You will help define the final product, how we produce it and ensure early external partnerships are successful. As a result, you will play an instrumental role in revolutionizing clothing manufacturing.<ul> <li>Develop and maintain detailed project plans for our Vega™ Development team</li> <li>Coordinate cross-functional dependencies and milestones to ensure successful realization of project timelines</li> <li>Develop and manage technical requirements and interfaces that tie to system level requirements</li> <li>Own technical and programmatic risk management process for the engineering team and define risk mitigation projects within the hardware project pipeline</li> <li>Work with the Operations team and Integration &amp; Testing team to plan machine use, resourcing, and integration approach</li> <li>Build team process and documentation to support a growing engineering team</li> <li>Work directly with a regulatory consultant to define and manage the work required to receive certifications for our system</li> <li>Work onsite Mon - Fri from our Emeryville microfactory</li> </ul>RequirementsIdeal Qualities<ul> <li>2+ years of project management experience in engineering development</li> <li>5+ years of technical hardware engineering experience (e.g. industry or academic experience in systems engineering or a related field)</li> <li>Familiarity or experience with product management</li> <li>Adept at learning and using various project management and database tools</li> <li>Experience managing hardware, mechanical, or manufacturing projects and timelines</li> <li>Experience managing project schedules with interdependencies and competing resources</li> <li>Strong understanding of mechanical, software, firmware, and electronics development</li> <li>Familiarity with the stages and challenges of hardware R&amp;D product development lifecycle</li> <li>Experience working closely with all functions of an enterprise (Engineering, Product, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Sales, etc.) to manage the commercial product development life cycle</li> <li>Excellent communication, organizational, presentation, technical writing, and leadership skills</li> <li>Self-motivated and proactive with demonstrated creative and critical thinking capabilities</li> <li>High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive</li> <li>Comfortable in a fast-paced early-stage startup environment. Flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity. Enjoys a diverse range of responsibilities and rapid development cycles</li> </ul>Bonus Points<ul> <li>Excited about weaving, carbon reduction, or novel manufacturing processes!</li> <li>Demonstrated technical leadership experience during cross-functional engineering projects</li> <li>Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards for capital equipment and machinery, including safety, environmental, and industry-specific compliance requirements</li> <li>Familiarity with Notion</li> <li>Familiarity with manufacturing</li> </ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.BenefitsThe salary range for this role is $121,000 - $139,000 USD, annually, plus 0.04% - 0.055% equity.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

Technical Project Manager, Hardware

We are looking for a passionate Senior Systems Integration and Test Engineer to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be designing, implementing, and executing integration and testing strategies for a complex manufacturing machine. We’re looking for someone with experience in HW/SW system integration and testing who is excited about the risks and rewards of joining an early-stage startup.<h3>About us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>As the first Systems I&amp;T engineer on unspun’s hardware team, you will play a critical role in diligently and thoroughly completing the verification and validation process of Vega™, our revolutionary new textile manufacturing process. You will work with hardware &amp; textile engineers, technicians, and our product development team to achieve company goals via requirements definition, integration planning, and acceptance testing. What You’ll Do<ul> <li>Define and manage a path to full system integration by developing tests to inform requirements discovery, establishing success criteria, leading design validation, and regularly communicating system requirements updates</li> <li>Define the integration plan of subsystems and ensure system performance meets the required specifications and standards</li> <li>Own testing schedules and lead on-machine verification and validation testing with a team of engineers and technicians</li> <li>Align cross-functional teams toward the successful realization of integration &amp; testing milestones</li> <li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop, review, and execute test plans for prototype builds</li> <li>Create technical reports detailing test results, findings, and recommendations</li> <li>Analyze issues and provide support in the definition, prioritization, and testing for proposed solutions</li> <li>Communicate identified improvements and new capabilities to the Vega™ Design team</li> <li>Engage with project stakeholders to ensure all integration and testing requirements are met and aligned with overall project goals</li> <li>Identify potential risks and issues early in the integration and testing process and develop mitigation strategies</li> <li>Work onsite Mon - Fri from our Emeryville microfactory</li> </ul>RequirementsIdeal Qualities<ul><li>5+ years of industry experience in an integration and testing engineering role on complex hardware-software systems</li></ul><ul> <li>Experience working with advanced robotics systems</li> <li>Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates</li> <li>High sense of ownership, urgency, and drive</li> <li>Excited to work in close collaboration with the unspun product development team to meet our external contract deliverables</li> </ul>Bonus Points<ul> <li>Excited about weaving, carbon reduction, deep tech, or all of the above!</li> <li>Demonstrated technical leadership experience within cross-functional engineering projects</li> <li>Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards for capital equipment and machinery, including safety, environmental, and industry-specific compliance requirements</li> </ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.BenefitsThe salary range for this role is $139,000 - $153,000 USD, annually, plus 0.06% - 0.08% equity.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

Senior Systems Integration & Test Engineer

<h3>About Us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>You enjoy working on early-stage teams and thrive in a fast-paced, rapidly-evolving environment. As Chief of Staff, you will play a pivotal in leveling up our team and processes to prepare for the next phase of growth.<h3>What You'll Do</h3>Strategize:<ul> <li>Help leadership team align with discussion and documentation</li> <li>Hold leadership team accountable through relentlessly tracking action items and prioritizing</li> <li>Support the executive team in preparing materials for Board of Directors meetings</li> <li>Act as a strategic sounding board to the founders of unspun</li> </ul>Organize:<ul> <li>Help maintain relationships with existing and new investors</li> <li>Co-lead fundraising activities through maintaining pitch decks, financing docs, data room</li> </ul>Mobilize:<ul> <li>Constantly evaluate organizational gaps and capabilities and can be a substitute project manager for one-off special projects</li> <li>Maintain and manage a network of professional service providers, e.g. counsel, to unblock the team from administrative and compliance tasks</li> <li>Represent unspun, and act as the CEO proxy, in unique circumstances</li> </ul><h3>Ideal Qualities</h3><ul> <li>You can switch between strategic big-picture and meticulous micro-details</li> <li>You holistically consider the needs of the entire unspun enterprise</li> <li>You are highly structured and logical while being people-centric and trust-building</li> <li>You have experience with senior leadership at startups and have founder empathy</li> <li>You are a torch-bearer of our culture and values</li> <li>You can work independently while having the super-power in finding common ground in a highly cross-functional setting</li> <li>You are capable of working in a resource-constrained environment</li> <li>You have excellent communication skills</li> <li>You have a strong track record of detail-oriented project execution</li> <li>You have experience organizing and planning company strategy</li> </ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our Philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.BenefitsThe annual salary range for this role is $120k - $160k, plus 0.025% - 0.045% equity, depending on experience.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

Chief of Staff

<h3>About Us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>You enjoy working on early-stage teams and thrive in a rapidly-evolving environment. As the first recruiter at unspun, you'll partner directly with our People Lead, founders and hiring managers. You’ll own all aspects of the hiring process and be the driving force building the team that will help unspun change the world.<h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul> <li>Serve as a brand ambassador for unspun, representing our mission and values at every touchpoint with candidates</li> <li>Own the end-to-end recruiting process, from sourcing to offer stage</li> <li>Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to broaden our candidate pool and attract top talent</li> <li>Schedule and coordinate all interviews</li> <li>Conduct initial phone screens and on-site interviews</li> <li>Collaborate with hiring managers to understand their needs and create targeted job descriptions</li> <li>Standardize and optimize our core recruiting processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness</li> <li>Build and maintain a pipeline of passive candidates for future hiring needs</li> <li>Analyze recruiting metrics and report on key insights to drive continuous improvement</li> </ul><h3>Ideal Qualities</h3><ul> <li>5+ years of recruiting experience, ideally in a startup environment</li> <li>Proven track record of successfully hiring for technical roles</li> <li>Excellent communication and interpersonal skills</li> <li>Strong organizational skills and attention to detail</li> <li>Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment</li> <li>Passion for unspun's mission and values</li> <li>Familiarity with modern recruiting tools and techniques</li> </ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our Philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.<h3>Benefits</h3>The annual salary range for this role is $125,000 - $143,000 USD, depending on experience.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

Senior Recruiter

We are looking for a passionate Senior Mechanical Engineer to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be developing multiple mechanical systems within a complex manufacturing machine. You will design, from scratch, functionally elegant mechanical and electromechanical systems and subsystems. We’re looking for someone with experience in mechanical design who is excited about the risks and rewards of joining a Series A-funded startup.<h3>About us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>You enjoy working on early-stage teams and have experience designing, prototyping, and validating mechanical systems. You thrive on the lack of clear answers at the outset of high-reaching projects and look forward to finding clarity and articulating it to others.As part of the hardware team, you will design the mechanical systems for Vega, our revolutionary new manufacturing process. What You’ll Do<ul> <li>Participate in the entire product design lifecycle for mechanical sub assemblies including requirements gathering, concept generation, detailed design with analysis, validation testing, cross-functional reviews, and manufacturing release</li> <li>Design and build mechanical systems for unspun’s automated textile machinery</li> <li>Evaluate new designs through engineering analysis (e.g. kinematic, dynamic, power, efficiency, thermal, manufacturability, etc.)</li> <li>Iterate on design concepts with rapid hands-on prototyping</li> <li>Mechanical component design including machined parts, sheet metal, cast metal, and plastics</li> <li>Work cross-functionally with other teams to take designs from prototype to production</li> <li>Provide mentorship to help grow capability within the engineering team</li> <li>Write and maintain documentation for internal communication</li> </ul>Requirements<h3>Ideal Qualities</h3><ul> <li>BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related fields with 5+ years experience, or 10+ years working experience in related fields</li> <li>Experience using basic physics and mechanical engineering analysis for part and system design</li> <li>Experience in designing for machined, sheet metal, castings, extrusions, and injection molded parts</li> <li>Familiarity with designing and integrating electromechanical systems</li> <li>Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (Onshape preferred)</li> <li>Experience with hands-on prototyping, system bring-up, and reliability testing</li> <li>Experience taking designs from ideation to manufacturing</li> <li>Experience in production design optimizing for DFM and DFA.</li> <li>Interest in working in an ambiguous problem space and improving documentation as you go</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li> <li>Experience self-managing engineering project timelines and budgets</li> </ul>Bonus Points<ul> <li>Excited about weaving, carbon reduction, or both!</li> <li>Demonstrated technical leadership experience during cross-functional engineering projects</li> <li>Proven capability in designing large capital equipment for field deployment, ensuring robust performance and reliability in diverse operating environments</li> <li>Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards for capital equipment and machinery, including safety, environmental, and industry-specific compliance requirements</li> </ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.BenefitsThe salary range for this role is $130,000 - $153,000 USD, annually.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

Senior Mechanical Engineer

We are looking for a passionate Mechanical Engineer to join our team. In this role, your primary responsibility will be developing multiple mechanical systems within a complex manufacturing machine. You will design, from scratch, functionally elegant mechanical and electromechanical systems and subsystems. We’re looking for someone with experience in mechanical design who is excited about the risks and rewards of joining a Series A-funded startup.<h3>About us</h3>unspun is a robotics and digital apparel company, with a mission to reduce global carbon emissions by 1% through automated, localized, and intentional manufacturing.Included in Time's Best Inventions &amp; Fast Company's World Changing Ideas, unspun aims to rapidly transition the trillion-dollar apparel world into one that is more intentional, inclusive, and efficient by focusing on the overlap between sustainability and profitability.We’ve developed a proprietary and patent-pending technology at the crossroads of 3D printing and automated textile manufacturing. By skipping the flat 2D fabric stage, we can additively build custom apparel products from the ground up- straight from yarn to final product. If additive manufacturing, industrial automation, and synchronized systems of hundreds of sensors &amp; actuators gets you excited, we’d love to talk!<h3>About You</h3>You enjoy working on early-stage teams and have experience designing, prototyping, and validating mechanical systems. You thrive on the lack of clear answers at the outset of high-reaching projects and look forward to finding clarity and articulating it to others.As part of the hardware team, you will design the mechanical systems for Vega, our revolutionary new manufacturing process. What You’ll Do<ul> <li>Design and build mechanical systems for unspun’s automated textile machinery</li> <li>Evaluate new designs through engineering analysis (e.g. kinematic, dynamic, power, efficiency, thermal, manufacturability, etc.)</li> <li>Iterate on design concepts with rapid hands-on prototyping</li> <li>Mechanical component design including machined parts, sheet metal, cast metal, and plastics</li> <li>Work cross-functionally with other teams to take designs from prototype to production</li> <li>Design and build test stands</li> <li>Write and maintain documentation for internal communication</li> </ul>Requirements<h3>Ideal Qualities</h3><ul> <li>BS or MS in Mechanical Engineering or related fields with 2-5 years experience, or 4-8 years working experience in related fields</li> <li>Experience using basic physics and mechanical engineering analysis for part and system design</li> <li>Experience in designing for machined, sheet metal, castings, extrusions, and injection molded parts</li> <li>Familiarity with designing and integrating electromechanical systems</li> <li>Proficiency with 3D CAD tools (Onshape preferred)</li> <li>Experience with hands-on prototyping, system bring-up, and reliability testing</li> <li>Experience taking designs from ideation to manufacturing</li> <li>Experience in production design optimizing for DFM and DFA.</li> <li>Interest in working in an ambiguous problem space and improving documentation as you go</li> <li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills</li> </ul>Bonus Points<ul><li>Excited about weaving, carbon reduction, or both! </li></ul>We don't expect you to have all of the listed qualities and are looking for someone who hopes to learn those areas where they don't have as much experience. So if you don't meet all of the requirements listed above but can make up for it with a voracious passion for learning how to do so, we strongly encourage you to apply.<h3>Our philosophy</h3>We won’t roll our eyes if your socks don’t match. We get it. But then, if you spend those extra few minutes in the morning matching your socks and shirt, we get that too. Our workspaces are sometimes spotless and sometimes chaotic, and we celebrate messy exploration. We work through complex problems but generate simple and elegant solutions. We strive to look at things differently, and never do anything solely because “that’s the way it’s always been done.”We’re a team of designers and engineers, industry-veterans and serial entrepreneurs, artists and developers. We’re aspiring chess masters and climbers, bakers and photographers. Originally spun out of Stanford and the University of Colorado, we now call the Bay Area home, with strong ties to Hong Kong. We are looking for teammates who share our desire to work on ambitious problems and leave the world better than we found it.unspun is an equal opportunity employer, and we are committed to being a diverse team that reflects a broad range of background, thought, and experience. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, national origin, status as an individual with a disability, status as protected veteran, or any other legally protected characteristics. Women, minorities, and people from underrepresented backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply.BenefitsThe annual salary range for this role is $105,000 - $120,000 USD, depending on experience.Benefits include:<ul> <li>self-regulated vacation policy</li> <li>comprehensive (gold &amp; platinum) health/dental/vision insurance (or equivalent cash bonus if already insured)</li> <li>company sponsored 401k</li> <li>monthly gym membership or relevant online education grant of up to $150/month</li> <li>pre-tax commuter benefits</li> <li>incentive stock options</li> </ul>

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