Mechatronics Hardware Engineer—Industrial Autonomy

Applied Intuition; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

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Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Hardware Engineer in Sunnyvale to turn off‑the‑shelf robots into reliable systems for industrial autonomy.

You will move from CAD to fabrication, assemble fixtures, and document installation kits for repeatable use in customer environments. The role involves integrating arms, sensors, and power distribution, coordinating with suppliers, and safeguarding cells with safety specialists.

Qualifications

• Designed, assembled, and deployed mechatronic or robotic hardware that operated outside a CAD model or bench test.
• Strong CAD skills and hands‑on experience with rapid prototyping, machining or fabrication vendors, mechanical assembly, and design iteration.
• Practical understanding of loads, stiffness, tolerances, fasteners, cable routing, and mounting sensors/actuators.

Responsibilities

• Design and fabricate camera and gripper mounts, adapters, fixtures, end‑effector interfaces, and compute enclosures that are rigid, serviceable, and easy to reproduce.
• Integrate arms, mobile bases, lift mechanisms, sensors, compute, power distribution, and cable harnesses into working robot systems with clear interface and load requirements.
• Take retrofit kits from requirements and CAD through supplier coordination, assembly, validation, bills of materials, and installation documentation.
• Work on cell safeguarding with qualified safety specialists and Facilities, including guarding, emergency stops, interlocks, and documented checks before robot operation.
• Diagnose mechanical and electrical faults, repair and recommission hardware, and separate physical failures from software and integration issues.
• Keep the lab ready with calibration fixtures, preventive maintenance, spares, configuration records, and clear operating and troubleshooting procedures.
• Turn recurring prototype and teleoperation rig requests into reusable hardware rather than undocumented one‑off modifications.

Skills

CAD skills

Prototyping

Mechanical assembly

Electrical troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-boundary collaboration

Tools

Multimeter

Oscilloscope

Cad-to-URDF workflows

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. is seeking a Hardware Engineer in Sunnyvale to turn off‑the‑shelf robots into reliable systems for industrial autonomy.

You will move from CAD to fabrication, assemble fixtures, and document installation kits for repeatable use in customer environments. The role involves integrating arms, sensors, and power distribution, coordinating with suppliers, and safeguarding cells with safety specialists.