About the job
We're looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer to own the physical systems that make real-world robot operations reliable. You will own the mechanical loop that connects robot hardware to harsh environments, operator workflows, serviceability, and continuous product improvement. Your work will directly shape how robots are built, deployed, maintained, and iterated in production.
You'll work across mechanisms, structures, thermal and environmental design, prototyping, and manufacturing readiness. You should be excited about building hard mechanical systems with tight feedback loops, high operational stakes, and direct impact on how intelligent machines behave in the field.
What you'll do
- Design and refine the core mechanical architecture that supports live robot operations across global deployments
- Develop mechanisms and structures for teleoperation hardware, operator stations, field accessories, and robot-integrated tooling where mechanical design is critical
- Architect mechanical interfaces between robots, payloads, sensors, and deployment environments (mounting, sealing, vibration, ingress, service access)
- Build the physical data path equivalent: layouts and assemblies that make telemetry, sensing, and calibration stable and repeatable in the real world
- Close the loop between field issues and design: turn failures, wear patterns, and service feedback into durable product improvements
- Drive reliability, manufacturability, weight, cost, and serviceability across a production-critical hardware stack
- Work closely with robotics, autonomy, electrical, and operations teams so mechanical choices compound into product and fleet advantage
- Help define the mechanical foundation of a platform built for long-term scale and iteration
What we're looking for
- Strong mechanical engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping hardware to production or near-production
- Experience in mechanism design, structural design, DFM/DFA, tolerancing, and design for reliability in dynamic or deployed systems
- Proficiency with CAD (e.g. SolidWorks, Fusion 360, Onshape, or similar) and practical experience with drawings, BOMs, and vendor engagement
- Ability to design assemblies that are robust, manufacturable, and debuggable under real-world constraints (shock, dust, temperature, misuse)
- Comfortable owning messy, cross-functional problems from concept through validation and ramp
- High agency, strong judgment, and a bias toward building and testing
Nice to have
- Experience with robots, mobile platforms, arms, or human-scale interaction hardware
- Experience with teleoperation rigs, haptics, operator furniture, or low-latency human–machine physical interfaces
- Hands-on prototyping: machining, 3D printing, sheet metal, casting, or rapid iteration with shop and contract manufacturers
- Familiarity with sensors, cameras, LiDAR, and cable routing / strain relief in electromechanical products
- Exposure to environmental testing (IP, vibration, drop), FEA basics, or design for service in the field
Who you are
- You want to build hardware that matters in the real world
- You are ambitious, fast-moving, and highly technical
- You like hard problems, tight loops between design and field reality, and high ownership
- You care about mechanical choices that become a long-term strategic advantage (reuse, modularity, service, cost)
- You want to help define how intelligent machines are built and sustained at scale
