About Cyngn
Based in Mountain View, CA, Cyngn is a publicly-traded autonomous technology company. We deploy self-driving industrial vehicles like forklifts and tuggers to factories, warehouses, and other facilities throughout North America. To build this emergent technology, we are looking for innovative, motivated, and experienced leaders to join us and move this field forward. If you like to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted and passionate colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you. Key reasons to join Cyngn:
We are small and big.
With under 100 employees, Cyngn operates with the energy of a startup. On the other hand, we’re publicly traded. This means our employees not only work in close-knit teams with mentorship from company leaders—they also get access to the liquidity of our publicly-traded equity.
We build today and deploy tomorrow.
Our autonomous vehicles aren’t just test concepts—they’re deployed to real clients right now. That means your work will have a tangible, visible impact.
We aren’t robots. We just develop them.
We’re a welcoming, diverse team of sharp thinkers and kind humans. Collaboration and trust drive our creative environment. At Cyngn, everyone’s perspective matters—and that’s what powers our innovation.
About this role:
Cyngn is seeking a Sr Mechanical Engineer who can own the mechanical design, integration, and release of major vehicle systems. This is a high-impact, technically demanding position where you will drive the development of core mechanical subsystems from concept through mass production. You will be responsible for specifications, CAD design, analysis, prototyping, testing, and release, while coordinating across teams and with external partners to deliver high-quality systems.
Own the mechanical technical specification, design, integration, and release for vehicle systems
Create CAD models, detailed drawings, and specifications for parts and assemblies (SolidWorks)
Drive product development cycles from concept to production, ensuring manufacturability and reliability
Troubleshoot issues, identify root causes, and design corrective/preventative solutions
Build, assemble, and operate test fixtures for mechanisms — including necessary coding & electrical setups
Characterize sensing systems (encoders, sensors) for bandwidth, latency, and other system parameters to support closed-loop motor control
Develop and execute test plans, analyze results, and drive design improvements based on data
Work closely with electrical, software, and external engineering partners to meet system-level goals for safety, performance, and cost
Serve as design release engineer for systems such as Electronics enclosures, harnesses, and sheet metal assemblies
Own subsystem Bills of Materials (BOM), assembly structures, and documentation within PLM systems (Arena)
Collaborate with program management to plan development schedules, builds, and resolve supply chain challenges
Proven record of taking products from concept through mass production
Strong proficiency with SolidWorks and 3D CAD modeling best practices
Understanding of GD&T and tolerance stack-ups for precision assemblies
Experience with PLM systems (Arena or similar)
Hands-on prototyping and test experience — comfortable assembling and debugging systems in a lab
Analysis skills for simple FMEA & Thermal simulations
Ability to collaborate across disciplines
Excellent problem-solving skills, with a data-driven approach to design decisions
Automate your material handling and repetitive workflows with our Autonomous Tuggers and Forklifts. Our self-driving technology, DriveMod, is built on trusted, heavy-duty vehicles from legacy OEMs like Motrec and BYD to ensure that our self-driving industrial vehicles can do the most demanding industrial jobs, are familiar to operate and a breeze to maintain.
Studies have shown that our deployments reduce labor costs by 64% and have made teams 33% more productive. That’s like adding an additional team member for every three workers at your facility — instantly.
With DriveMod, Your Industrial Vehicles —
• Safely navigate sites without the need for special infrastructure.
• Leverage multiple, redundant, and intelligent layers of safety.
• Execute missions based on a variety of flexible, programmable skills — including "auto-unhitch".
• Be switched into manual mode and driven by a human.
• Transport goods to any on-site location, indoors and outdoors.
• Haul and tow thousands of pounds of heavy goods and cargo.
• Execute missions based on a variety of flexible, programmable options.
• Collect data and reveal suggestions for optimization.
• Be remotely managed and monitored via the FMS or on-vehicle display.
