WHO ARE WE

Halo Braid is a mission-driven startup creating the first automated hair braiding robot. By reducing braiding time from hours to minutes, we empower stylists to triple their business and address the 8 billion hours spent braiding hair each year. Our VC-backed, serial entrepreneur team brings experience from MIT, Harvard, Apple, Rivian, and Amazon Robotics.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Mechanical Engineer at Halo Braid, you'll play a pivotal role in delivering our innovative hair braider to market. You thrive in a startup or fast-paced environment, where collaboration, adaptability, and iteration are key. You’re motivated, creative, and a strong problem solver that likes building high-impact solutions that real people want. In this role, you’ll develop key mechanisms and prototype and test to drive product design architecture to closure. This role is a 3 month Boston-based contract position.

Ideally you have 2+ years professional experience with:

3D Solidworks CAD with best practices for part design, complex assemblies, and configurations
Crafting and iterating proof-of-concept models and prototypes during R&D
Rapid prototyping and manufacturing methods (3D printing etc)
Gears, motors, and mechatronic components
Delivering complex mechanical products to defined schedules
Incorporating constraints and user feedback into your design process

Bonus if you have experience with:

Consumer electronics
Hair styling tools
CFD and FEA analysis
Design with an eye for aesthetics, and manufacturability
Mass manufacturing methods (injection molding, CNC etc.)

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of protective hair technology, learn about consumer robotics development, and have a significant impact at a fast-growing startup.

We highly value diversity at our company and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Please apply and tell us how you can make a difference!

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