5-7 years of experience in mechanical or mechatronics engineering with a focus on actuator design.
Proven track record of delivering integrated actuators or electromechanical drives into production.
Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, motor dynamics, and thermal management.
Ability to analyze and quantify system trade-offs effectively.
Hands-on experience in prototyping and collaborating with suppliers for manufacturing release.
Responsibilities
Define actuator requirements based on robot loads and operational cycles.
Conduct trade studies on motor topology, transmission ratios, and cooling systems.
Establish mechanical and electrical interfaces, including sensor placements and fault responses.
Lead prototype development and hands-on debugging efforts.
Develop characterization plans and correlate performance results with design models.
Drive design reviews and supplier decisions through to production release.
Benefits
Collaborative work environment with cross-disciplinary teams.
Opportunity to lead innovative projects in robotics.
Hands-on involvement in the entire design and testing process.
Potential for technical mentorship and career growth within the company.
Full Job Description
The Role
We are looking for a hands-on mechanical or mechatronics engineer to own the architecture of integrated actuators for Dexmate robots. You will translate robot requirements into an actuator design that balances torque, speed, mass, efficiency, backdrivability, thermal capacity and manufacturability. You will make technical trade-offs, build and test hardware, and bring specialists together around a verified design.
Responsibilities
Define actuator requirements from robot loads and duty cycles, including peak and continuous torque, speed, stiffness, life, packaging and thermal limits.
Own trade studies across motor topology, transmission ratio, bearings, cooling, sensing and drive constraints; use measured performance to resolve competing requirements.
Set mechanical, electrical and firmware interfaces, including voltage and current limits, sensor placement, allowable temperatures and fault responses.
Lead prototype builds and hands-on debugging. Maintain direct ownership of CAD and analysis reviews, bench debugging and technical decisions.
Develop characterization plans with motor, drive, controls and test engineers; correlate torque-speed, efficiency, thermal, friction and backdrivability results to models.
Drive design reviews, supplier decisions, DFM and corrective actions through production release, with clear requirements and acceptance criteria.
Minimum Qualifications
Delivered an integrated actuator, servo or electromechanical drive into a production or deployed product, with direct ownership of architecture and hardware decisions.
Strong depth in mechanical or mechatronic design and working understanding of motors, transmissions, thermal behavior, sensors and drive limitations.
Ability to quantify system trade-offs and explain how analysis, bench data and failure investigation changed a design.
Hands-on experience with prototyping, validation, supplier collaboration and manufacturing release; ability to lead across engineering disciplines.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in robot joints, industrial drives, EV drive units or aerospace electromechanical actuators.
Experience with high torque-density or backdrivable actuators and compact liquid-cooled assemblies.
Technical mentorship and ownership of a subsystem roadmap without losing direct design and test involvement.
