Mechatronics Hardware Engineer for Industrial Robotics

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Sunnyvale (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is hiring a Hardware Engineer to turn off-the-shelf robots into reliable systems for industrial autonomy and robot learning. You will retrofit kits, move from CAD to fabrication, and document installation procedures.

You’ll work hands-on with hardware across mechanical, electrical, and software domains to deliver repeatable, safe, and scalable solutions for customer lines.

Qualifications

  • Designed, assembled, and deployed robotic hardware that operated outside a CAD model or bench test.
  • Strong CAD skills and rapid prototyping or fabrication experience.
  • Practical understanding of loads, stiffness, tolerances, fasteners, and cable routing for sensors/actuators.
  • Experience with low-voltage power, connectors, harnesses, and electrical troubleshooting.
  • Experience writing test procedures, BOMs, assembly instructions, and maintenance docs for physical systems.
  • Ability to work across mechanical, electrical, controls, and software boundaries with good judgment

Responsibilities

  • Design and fabricate camera and gripper mounts, adapters, fixtures, end-effector interfaces, and compute enclosures.
  • Integrate arms, mobile bases, lift mechanisms, sensors, compute, and power distribution into working robot systems.
  • Move retrofit kits from requirements and CAD through supplier coordination, assembly, validation, BOMs, and installation docs.
  • Work on cell safeguarding with safety specialists and Facilities, including guarding and interlocks.
  • Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, repair and recommission hardware, and separate physical failures from software issues.
  • Keep the lab ready with calibration fixtures, preventive maintenance, spares, and clear procedures.
  • Turn recurring prototype requests into reusable hardware rather than one-off modifications.

Skills

CAD skills
Mechatronics
Hardware integration
Electrical troubleshooting

Tools

CAD-to-URDF workflows
Multimeter
Oscilloscope

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is hiring a Hardware Engineer to turn off-the-shelf robots into reliable systems for industrial autonomy and robot learning. You will retrofit kits, move from CAD to fabrication, and document installation procedures.

You’ll work hands-on with hardware across mechanical, electrical, and software domains to deliver repeatable, safe, and scalable solutions for customer lines.

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