Machine Builder / Mechanical Assembly Technician

Revenant Autonomous

Morganton, NC

Pay: $25-$32/hr

Shift: Full time

**$25-$32/hour plus time-and-a-half overtime | About $91k-$117k/year at 60 hours/week**

**About Revenant**

America used to be the world's machine shop, and we intend to make it that again. A country that can't make its own parts can't defend itself or stay independent. Revenant Autonomous builds autonomous CNC machines, machine tools that run without a person standing at them, so American factories can make more with the people they have. We're a small team in Morganton, and we build our machines in-house.

**The Job**

You won't be fixing someone else's machine. You'll be building the machine that builds American parts. You'll take our machines from bare frame to first power-on, working right next to our engineers. What you learn on the floor goes straight into the next design.

If you've ever pulled an engine in your driveway, swapped a transmission on a weekend, or built a car nobody else would touch, you already know most of this job. We love motorheads.

We provide the tools and the shop. You bring the skill.

**This Is Not a 40-Hour Job**

We're building machines that haven't been built before, on deadlines most shops would call impossible. Expect long weeks: usually 45-70 hours, averaging around 60, plus nights and weekends when a machine has to ship. When we're in a push, the whole team stays on the floor until it's done.

If you want a quiet 9-to-5, this isn't it. If you want to look back in five years and say you built the machines that brought manufacturing back to America, it is.

We pay for the hours: time-and-a-half for every hour over 40.

**What You'll Do**

• Fabricate brackets, guards and fixtures: cut, drill, tap, weld and finish
• Mount and align linear rails, ballscrews, spindles and motors
• Route and terminate cable, pneumatic lines and coolant plumbing
• Assemble subsystems from 3D models and drawings
• Bring machines to first power-on, then troubleshoot and fix what isn't right
• Tell engineering when a part is hard to build, and help find a better way
• Keep the build area organized and document each build

**What You Need**

• 3+ years of hands-on mechanical work: auto or diesel tech, industrial maintenance, millwright, fabricator, machine builder, military mechanic or similar
• Ability to read mechanical drawings and work to tolerance
• Comfortable with calipers, micrometers, dial indicators and torque wrenches
• Something mechanical you've built, restored or fabricated on your own
• Able to work extended hours, including nights and weekends during deadlines
• Able to lift 50 lbs and be on your feet most of the day
• Authorized to work in the US (we cannot sponsor work visas)

**Nice to Have**

• Project car, race car or engine build experience
• MIG or TIG welding
• Manual or CNC machining experience
• Pneumatics, hydraulics or basic electrical and wiring
• Experience working from CAD models (SolidWorks, Fusion, Onshape)
• Mechatronics or industrial systems training

**Pay and Benefits**

• $25-$32/hour, based on experience
• Time-and-a-half for every hour over 40
• Hours vary with the build schedule, usually 45-70 per week and averaging around 60. At 60 hours, that's about $91k-$117k a year.
• Health insurance
• 2 weeks paid time off, plus paid holidays
• Own a piece of what you build: early team members get stock options in Revenant
• Hand tools provided. Bring your favorites if you want, but you won't need to buy anything to work here.

**Who Does Well Here**

• You work on your own cars (or trucks, bikes, tractors) because you like it, not because anyone pays you to.
• You've stayed up all night in the garage to get something running by morning, and you liked it.
• A hard deadline fires you up. When the machine has to run Monday, you're the one making sure it does.
• You own your work. If a machine isn't right, you don't walk away from it.
• You figure things out when there's no manual, and you leave notes for the next person.

**How to Apply**

Show us something you've built. With your application, include photos of something you've built, restored or fabricated: your project car, an engine build, a welded trailer, a shop build, anything. Phone photos are fine. **Applications without photos won't be reviewed.**

Shortlisted candidates will be invited to a paid working interview (2-4 hours) in our shop.

Pay: $25.00 - $32.00 per hour

Expected hours: 45.0 – 70.0 per week

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Application Question(s):

• This role averages around 60 hours a week, with nights and weekends during deadlines. Are you able to commit to that schedule?
• Link to photos of something you've built, restored or fabricated (Google Photos, Google Drive, Instagram, etc.)
• Tell us about a car, engine or machine you've built or rebuilt yourself.

Work Location: In person