Skip to content
Bots n' Beans
Sign in

Jobs

Skip

Robot type
Service and Consumer
Location
San FranciscoCaliforniaUSA
Job type
Hardware
Posted
Jul 3, 2026
Salary
$160,000–$210,000 a year
Full-time

Product Design Engineer

Job description

Movement is a powerful way to build physical, mental and social health. Yet it is elusive for 2 billion people due to age, injury, or disability. We are building products that will restore mobility for millions and enable a new frontier of joyful movement experiences. We want to build a future where a grandparent can easily outrun their grandkids and no one is left behind at the trailhead.

Skip is a 22-person early-stage start-up that spun out of Google X in 2023. With deep cross-disciplinary expertise and key partnerships (e.g. with Arc’teryx) we are uniquely positioned to launch the first commercially successful wearable robotic device , the MO/GO , develop a platform to launch future…

Job responsibilities

  • Own core CAD for critical sub-assemblies for our new product - from architecture, design, mass optimisation, design-for-manufacturing, tolerance analysis, implementation, testing, through commercialization
  • Own and manage vendor relationships (including travel to Asia) and over time cost-reduction processes
  • Drive engineering specifications from product requirements and work cross functionally
  • Select materials and manufacturing processes that meet product performance and durability requirements.
  • Lead cross-functional design reviews
  • Develop specifications, requirements, test methods and protocols through formal verification to ensure functionality, safety and efficacy of design
  • Write technical documentation and assembly instructions to ensure seamless knowledge transfer to manufacturing partners.
  • Wearing prototypes several hours a week to participate in data collection, on-body testing and provide feedback
Apply on Skip websiteSave

Similar jobs