Mechanical Design Engineer, Robotic Actuators

Wwshemi; Fremont (CA); Vor Ort; USD 110.000 - 170.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Dexmate is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Design Engineer to own the architecture of integrated actuators for its robotic platforms. You will translate robot requirements into actuator design balancing torque, speed, mass, and thermal limits, and lead cross-functional reviews from prototype to production.

The role requires strong mechanical or mechatronics background, hands-on design, testing, and ability to make trade-offs based on data and bench results. On-site at Fremont, CA.

Qualifikationen

• Delivered an integrated actuator or electromechanical drive in production or deployed product.
• Strong depth in mechanical or mechatronic design of actuators and systems.
• Ability to quantify system trade-offs using analysis and bench data.
• Hands-on prototyping, validation, and manufacturing release experience.

Aufgaben

• Define actuator requirements from robot loads, torque, speed, and thermal limits.
• Own trade studies across topology, transmission, cooling, sensing, and drive constraints.
• Set interfaces and fault responses for mechanical, electrical and firmware.
• Lead prototype builds, CAD ownership, bench debugging and technical decisions.
• Develop characterization plans and correlate results to models.
• Drive design reviews and production release with clear criteria.

Kenntnisse

Mechanical design

Mechatronics

Actuator design

CAD

Prototype

Testing

Trade-off analysis

Motor topology knowledge

Thermal management

Tools

CAD

Jobbeschreibung

Mechanical Design Engineer, Robotic Actuators

Dexmate On-site - Fremont, California, United States Posted 2026-11-06

This listing's locations On-site - Fremont, California, United States

Employment Full-time

Workplace On site

Dexmate is building robot platforms and a universal Physical AI OS to make robots easier to build and deploy. We combine hardware and software into a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers and enterprises, with an open ecosystem that supports the development of physical AI.

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.