About the role
We are looking for a Senior Mechanical Engineer with 5+ years of experience to join Magic Leap's Equipment Engineering team and design, build, and deploy custom manufacturing equipment used to produce next-generation AR optical waveguides. You'll be a core member of a hands-on hardware team, working at the intersection of precision engineering, automation, and nanometer-scale process development.
What will you be doing?
- Designing and building custom production equipment, automation systems, fixtures, and electromechanical assemblies from concept through deployment
- Upgrading and automating metrology equipment and precision process tools (dispensing, curing, measurement systems)
- Working with precision stages, actuators, bearings, control electronics, and multi-axis motion systems at the nanometer scale
- Collaborating with a sister software team, machinists, suppliers, and cross-functional engineers to get custom tools designed, built, and operational
- Splitting time roughly 60/40 between desk design work and hands-on lab integration, testing, and troubleshooting
Key Requirements
- 5+ years of mechanical engineering experience with a Bachelor's (less with a Master's) personally designing custom equipment or machinery
- Strong 3D CAD skills — Creo strongly preferred; SolidWorks or NX also accepted
- Systems-level thinker who can work across full equipment design, not just niche components — must be comfortable owning an entire system
- Hands-on engineer comfortable taking designs through fabrication, assembly, integration, and testing
- US Citizen or Green Card holder (no visa sponsorship available)
About Magic Leap
Magic Leap is a pioneer in Augmented Reality (AR) optics and display systems, platforms, device services, prototyping, and manufacturing. Known for its unmatched AR optics stack, Magic Leap has developed ultra-lightweight waveguides and display systems that advance the state of AR. The company’s proprietary manufacturing equipment and processes enable the production of a broad range of precision waveguides at scale, with exceptionally high yield rates and quality.
With more than a decade of experience in AR innovation, Magic Leap has made groundbreaking advancements in text legibility, color fidelity, and rich digital content visuals while continually expanding the field of view to create engaging, immersive AR experiences.
Magic Leap focuses on making its technology available to millions of people as a partner in the AR ecosystem. Magic Leap is headquartered in the United States and has offices in Israel and Switzerland, giving it a global footprint.
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Job details
Salary
$120,000 - $185,000
Location
Austin, United States
Experience
5+ years
Funding
Total raised
$3.5B
Last stage
Growth
Investors
Founders
Ron Rosenberg
CEO
What happens next.
No applications, no recruiter spam. Just the intro.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
If they’re a yes, I book the chat. You show up — that’s the whole job-hunt.