Mechanical Engineer
Who we are
In 2018, Cowboy introduced the most beautiful, simple, and connected electric bike for urban riders. With a vision to be the ideal mode of transport, Cowboy has transformed the electric bike to be a fully connected ecosystem that our riders experience every day. Over time, the cultural impact we imagine is one of creating the living city - urban environments that are more mindful of us and the way we want to move and more sustainable for all its inhabitants.
Like many companies in the mobility space, Cowboy has recently gone through a period of significant change. Today, we’re entering a new chapter of the company as we stabilise, rebuild, and refocus our organisation in close collaboration with our manufacturing partner and new majority shareholder, Rebirth.
This next phase is about strengthening our foundations -- our products, our processes, and our teams -- whilst continuing to design bikes that people genuinely love to ride. For engineers and designers, this is an opportunity to have real impact, help shape how we work going forward, and be part of rebuilding a lean, capable organisation.
A Cowboy is someone with the courage, despite their fears, to follow their own intuition and to move their own way. Courage is the human emotion shared among our riders and with us as a brand.
About the role an what you'll be doing
As Cowboy enters a new chapter, we’re looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to help strengthen and rebuild our mechanical design capability.
Working closely with Industrial Design, manufacturing partners, and suppliers, you’ll take ownership of mechanical subsystems and contribute across the full product development cycle, from early concept and architecture through to detailed design and industrialisation.
This role offers significant ownership and impact, with the opportunity to help shape both future products and how the mechanical design function evolves during this rebuild phase.
- Defining detailed 3D and 2D of mechanical bike components
- Performing CAE and optimising the design for performance and cost, whilst working to the defined project timelines
- Analysing the tolerance of complex assemblies and defining tolerance chains
- Participating to prototype parts and assemblies, proposing design improvements
- Creating innovative solutions for the future generation of bike
- Exchanging data with suppliers, to ensure new parts are also taking into account the relevant manufacturing processes used to make the parts
Requirements
Who we are looking for
- Masters degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Automotive, Aeronautical, Industrial Design) with minimum 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Fluency with a wide range of manufacturing processes (extrusion, forging, casting, stamping, hydro-forming, milling, injection molding) and materials (alloys, plastics, elastomers)
- Proven experience leading design of complex assemblies
- Good understanding of tolerancing of mechanical assemblies
- Confident and capable to work in Solidworks
- Excellent written and verbal communicator, proven track record of working in a dynamic cross functional team
- Well organised and have the ability to be flexible in a changing work environment
- Bike design experience is a plus
Benefits
What we offer you
- Highly competitive package with a clear and open salary structure
- Equity
- 30 days annual leave/ vacation days (exclusive of local bank holidays)
- Your own Cowboy bike whilst you’re with Cowboy (and a nice discount for your family)
- Daily meal allowance
- Opportunity to become one of the key employees of a fast-growing startup with open, respectful and fun company culture
- Having a real impact on the company’s growth and evolution
- Working with people who love what they do every day
Just like our rider community in cities across Europe, diversity is a strength. No matter where you come from, or the path you're on, Cowboy is inclusive and so is our workplace. Your unique skills, passion, and perspective will help us continue to transform mobility and urban life for the better.