Agility Robotics
Mechanical Engineer
Hybrid- Fremont, CA · Mid · Full-time
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About the role
- We are designing the next generation of Digit Humanoid Robot for commercial scale.
- Digit works in demanding environments, performing highly repetitive and heavily loaded tasks.
- This is a hybrid role, requiring you to be at our San Francisco Bay Area (Fremont) facility at least 3-days a week and occasional travel to the RobotFab facility in Salem, Oregon.
Responsibilities
- Own the 3D and 2D design of electromechanical components and subassemblies, including prototyping of parts and subsystems.
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams (electrical, industrial design, software, test, and manufacturing) to define requirements and develop design concepts.
- Perform engineering analyses to validate design decisions, including supporting structural and thermal analyses.
- Present and participate in cross-functional design reviews of parts and subsystems.
- Support root cause investigations and implement improvements to enhance Digit robustness.
- Track progress and document design work using Jira and Confluence.
- Deliver quality results within established schedules, budgets, and priorities.
- Create and maintain comprehensive design documentation.
- The Mechanical Engineer will work closely with other mechanical engineers and cross functional teams to develop the next generation Digit.
- This role will own multiple mechanical and electro-mechanical parts/assemblies and will be responsible for the design, prototyping, and DFx for those parts.
Requirements
- Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.
Nice to have
- B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent is a minimum requirement.
- Experience prototyping, characterising, testing and optimizing actuators for torque, stiffness, backlash, efficiency and cost.
- Experience in mechanical analysis including modeling, tolerance stacks, static and dynamic analysis, FEA and thermal analysis.
- Expert CAD user and familiarity with either Solidworks, Siemens NX, Creo or Onshape.
- Ideal candidates will have a portfolio showing their prior work and projects.
- Preferred Skills and Experience:
Skills
- Robotic design experience
- Transmission/actuator design experience
- Advanced degree in engineering or science or robotics
- Jira/Confluence experience
- PLM and PDM experience
- Creo and Windchill experience
- 401(k)
Compensation
- The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Benefits
- Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
- Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.
Company info
- Our mechanical engineering team is agile and has grown rapidly, and we are looking for a talented engineer to join us in the San Francisco Bay Area.
- We are responsible for delivering advanced and reliable designs that meet a complex set of requirements to our customers, including software developers, applications engineers, manufacturing engineers and ultimately to fleet deployment managers.
- We work as a group to develop new technologies, engineer new products, and refine/maintain existing designs.
- The team is composed of engineers from many backgrounds and levels of experience.
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