What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechanical Engineer position at Volley LLC?
Role: Senior Mechanical Engineer
Company: Volley
Location: Lancaster, PA
About Volley
Volley is the trailblazer behind the world’s first AI-powered racquet sports simulator. Leveraging breakthrough AI and Vision platforms, Volley is the first system to deliver a fully immersive, real-time feedback loop that personalizes training like never before. Volley is focused on racquet sports such as Tennis, Pickleball, Padel, and Platform Tennis. For decades, this space has seen minimal training advancement, but the Volley simulator is poised to revolutionize how players engage with these sports.
Senior Mechanical Engineering Role
As a Senior Mechanical Engineer, you will join our existing team that is responsible for the mechanical implementation of the trainer. You will be responsible for scoping and designing improvements around our existing machine control. You will also be collaborating with your electrical and software engineering colleagues to add digital control, computer vision, and connected devices to launch our trainer into the digital age.
If you are curious by nature, driven to develop and/or improve products based on real insights and get positive feedback from customers, this will be a very exciting career for you.
The successful candidate will be authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.
Key Responsibilities and Skills:
- Concept generation and data-driven evaluation of design options for team
- Marshaling design while coordinating with other engineering functions to create prototypes
- Incorporating feedback from key suppliers, manufacturing and service support to inform design
- Rapid and repeated prototyping to evaluate critical performance and functionality characteristics
- Launch planning and production coordination with operations team
- Frequent reporting to VP of Engineering and executive team
- Coordination and collaboration with other functional departments (marketing, customer success, operations)
Required Qualifications:
- BS in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent technical degree or relevant experience
- 5 years of experience with key duties and responsibilities as described above
- Proficiency in 3D solid modeling with motion of mechanisms (Solidworks preferred)
- Experience with design of sheet metal fabrication, machining, welding, finishing, painting, and assembly with extreme attention to detail
- Demonstrated ability to work well with others as part of a cross-functional team
Desired Qualifications and Skills:
- Understanding and demonstration of human factor design in your work
- Experience in the following area would be a plus: plastic molding, welding, motors, actuators, and sensors
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills paired with experience-oriented design thinking
- Self-motivated, hands-on attitude and experience, driven to improve interactions in everything you touch
Benefits:
- Comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Free long-term and short-term disability, and life insurance policies.
- Simple IRA with company match.
- Flexible PTO and 8 paid holidays,
If you’re passionate about driving innovation in the sports industry and ready to help shape Volley's future, we’d love to hear from you!
