Mechatronics Hardware Engineer for Industrial Robotics

Decisive Point; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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.