Staff Mechanical Engineer
Mainspring Energy
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Menlo Park, CA · Posted October 21, 2026
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Where Menlo Park, CA ranks
Where Menlo Park, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #5Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast32% · of 71
- #6Best cities for financial services pay after cost of living$164k · of 33
- #6Best cities for AI-skill jobs32% · of 100
- #7Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the West Coast21% · of 54
- #11Best all-round cities for AI careers in the West Coast75 / 100 · of 39
- #12Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$169k · of 32
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 25 open staff mechanical engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $185,000 to $205,000 and the median is $192,000.
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How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among mechanical engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for mechanical engineers: 8% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...together: Pragmatic Optimism Excellence without Ego Proactive Collaboration About the Role Mainspring is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to own defined-scope mechanical engineering tasks, workstreams, or moderate-complexity projects for our Linear Generator...