Mechanical Eng Co-op: Robotics Focus

ARM Institute; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 18,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

The ARM Institute is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Co-op for an on-site, full-time opportunity (40 hrs/week). Open for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 semesters. Ideal candidates bring hands-on engineering experience through coursework or activities and a strong teamwork ethic.

As part of a growing engineering team, you will work on tooling, robotic cells, and real-world projects using SolidWorks and related software. US citizenship is required for eligibility.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or equivalent certificate.
• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or advanced degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering.
• Candidate must be a US citizen.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of robotic cells.
• Design production tooling for speed and usability.
• Program collaborative and/or industrial robots.
• Participate in customer-facing discussions, design reviews and system demonstrations.
• Design vacuum grippers for material handling and manipulation of complex parts.
• Create test fixtures to simulate the motion of an industrial robotic task.
• Test and analyze production performance data on a system build quality and speed.
• Perform thermal or structural analysis on an industrial robot, hand calculations and simulations.
• Analyze test failures and field failures of robot components and proposed redesigns.
• Create digital twins of systems to evaluate layouts, designs, efficiencies, etc.
• System requirements development, tracking, and verification.
• Performing statistical analysis to assess whether tolerance stack-ups are acceptable.
• Learning about computer vision camera models and computer vision algorithms

Skills

Teamwork

Work ethic

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor’s in Robotics or Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Unigraphics

Creo

Fusion 360

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

The ARM Institute is seeking a Mechanical Engineering Co-op for an on-site, full-time opportunity (40 hrs/week). Open for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 semesters. Ideal candidates bring hands-on engineering experience through coursework or activities and a strong teamwork ethic.

As part of a growing engineering team, you will work on tooling, robotic cells, and real-world projects using SolidWorks and related software. US citizenship is required for eligibility.