Mechanical Engineering, Design

Until
San Francisco, CA
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to mechanical engineers with experience in medical device or biotech hardware design working in an interdisciplinary team environment.

Best fit for

  • Mechanical engineers who thrive on designing novel hardware from scratch
    — “The hardware we need to accomplish our mission does not exist, so we must make it ourselves”
  • Engineers motivated by solving grand challenges in medical technology
    — “By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation”

Things to consider

  • Role involves working on unproven technology with no existing precedents
    — “The hardware we need to accomplish our mission does not exist”
  • Must be comfortable with interdisciplinary collaboration across biology and engineering
    — “assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience designing medical-grade hardware with strict safety requirements
    — “clinical grade perfusion devices”
  • Demonstrate ability to work across mechanical and thermal design challenges
    — “designing everything from heat exchangers to clinical grade perfusion devices”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · IndividualLevel · Mid

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What success looks like

  • successful design and implementation of cryopreservation systems
Typical background
mechanical engineering background with experience in biomedical or similar fields

Skills & requirements

Required

Mechanical DesignHeat ExchangersPerfusion DevicesCryopreservation

Preferred

Biomedical Engineering

Stack & domain

Mechanical EngineeringDesignCryopreservation

About the role

Original posting from Until via Lever

Until is a moonshot company building a “pause button” for biology. Our near-term focus is organ-scale reversible cryopreservation: preserving donated organs at subzero temperatures without ice formation, then rewarming them uniformly for transplant. By solving this grand challenge, we’re laying the foundation for whole-body reversible cryopreservation, giving patients a bridge to future cures.

To achieve our goal, we are assembling an interdisciplinary team to develop perfusion systems, cryoprotectant formulations, and vitrification and rewarming hardware.

We envision a future where no transplantable organ is lost to logistics, and no terminal diagnosis is final because patients can safely wait for future medicine to arrive.

About the Role

The hardware we need to accomplish our mission does not exist, so we must make it ourselves. As a mechanical engineer spearheading our mechanical design efforts, you'll be tasked with designing everything from heat exchangers to clinical grade perfusion devices.

About You:

  • Track record of exceptional engineering abilities, with an emphasis on shipping completed systems from sketch to final part with minimal outside direction
  • 3+ years experience/graduate level in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
  • Highly proficient in DFM, CAD, FEA (Fusion 360 Preferred)
  • Highly proficient with common rapid prototyping and manufacturing processes (especially multiple additive methods, CNC machining and laser cutting)
  • Ability to spec a system based on first principles, design it, perform component selection, prototype, and then optimize for manufacturing
  • Desire to join a fast-paced, scrappy engineering team

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Class III Medical Device experience
  • Industrial Design & Engineering Experience

Compensation:

While this represents our expected range based on market data, final compensation will be determined based on your specific qualifications and may be outside this range. Please keep in mind that the equity portion of the offer is not included in this estimate.

Benefits:

Generous medical, dental and vision insurance coverage

Flexible time off and paid holidays

Competitive compensation package, including salary and equity

Access to a 401(k) retirement savings plan

FSA and commuter benefits

Daily lunch and dinners, plus a variety of snacks

Monthly learning stipend

On-site fitness center

Quarterly team social budget

As an equal opportunity employer, Until is committed to providing employment opportunities to all individuals. All applicants for positions at Until will be treated without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Source: Until careers (Lever)

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