Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Mechanical Engineer role stands out in a SaaS-oriented market because it sits at the intersection of software-led product delivery and the physical systems that often underpin SaaS outcomes in areas like connected devices, industrial automation, or embedded platforms. The emphasis on electromechanical mechanisms, enclosures, and packaging suggests a product environment where reliability and manufacturability directly affect the end customer experience, not just internal R and D.
From a SaaS career perspective, the long-term value is in learning how hardware constraints shape iteration cycles, release readiness, and supportability once products are in the field. Collaboration across hardware, electronics, and software mirrors the cross-functional operating model common in SaaS companies, while working with outsourced validation and manufacturing partners builds fluency in vendor coordination, specification discipline, and change control that carries across product organizations.
This position is best suited to an experienced engineer who prefers end-to-end ownership from concept through transfer to high-volume manufacturing, and who is comfortable balancing design quality with delivery targets. It will appeal to professionals who enjoy structured documentation, analytical verification, and close coordination with adjacent engineering functions in product-led environments.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Mechanical Engineer
- Engineering
- Beit HaEmek (Northern District), IL
- Full-time, Salaried
Description
- Design, develop, and implement mechanical designs.
- Design electromechanical mechanisms.
- Provide support to production and ensure compliance with deadlines, quality and cost targets.
- Collaborate with cross-functional design teams such as hardware, electronics, and software.
- Collaborate with outsourced validation and manufacturing partners to ensure timely supply of systems and devices on spec.
- Develop electro-mechanical enclosures and packaging.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of proven experience with mechanical engineering:
- Proven Experience with CAD.
- Experience in mechanical design from concept to detailed design.
- Familiar with manufacturing technologies – Accurate milling, metal casting, 3D printing, and sheet metal.
- Experience in design and transfer to HVM (High Volume Mfg).
- Composing reports, performing static analysis and calculations.
- ECOs – Planning, Conducting, and Implementation.
- Proficiency with Solidworks.
- Teamwork, creativity, problem-solving skills, and analytic thinking
- Strong organizational skills (tidy, pedantic, flexible, and adaptive)
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (Hebrew + English)
Advantage:
- Experience with robotics.
- Experience with design and selection of electrical components such as - servo motors, stepper motors, proximity sensors etc.
- Experience in design of linear motion systems.
- Experience in designing injection plastic, rotational molding, and vacuum-forming parts.
- Experience with working in a PDM environment.
- At least two years working in a start-up.
