Robotics Mechanical Engineer Co-op

Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing - ARM; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 24,796 - 34,440; Full time

Job summary

The ARM Institute seeks a Mechanical Engineering Co-op for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 on-site in Pittsburgh. This opportunity focuses on hands-on tooling, rapid prototyping, and system design within a growing engineering team.

Applicants must be US citizens enrolled in a Bachelor's or advanced degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering; a High School Diploma is required. Prior teamwork and project experience is valued.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Contributing to the design of robotic cells.
• Designing production tooling emphasizing speed, simplicity and ease-of-use.
• Programming collaborative and/or industrial robots.
• Participating in customer-facing discussions, design reviews and system demonstrations.
• Designing vacuum grippers for material handling and manipulation of complex parts.
• Creating test fixtures to simulate the motion of an industrial robotic task.
• Testing and analyzing production performance data on a system build quality and speed.
• Performing thermal or structural analysis on an industrial robot, hand calculations and simulations.
• Analyzing test failures and field failures of robot components and proposed redesigns.
• Creating digital twins of systems to evaluate layouts, designs, efficiencies, etc.

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

Unigraphics

Creo

Fusion 360

Autodesk Inventor

Job description

The ARM Institute seeks a Mechanical Engineering Co-op for Fall 2026 or Spring 2027 on-site in Pittsburgh. This opportunity focuses on hands-on tooling, rapid prototyping, and system design within a growing engineering team.

Applicants must be US citizens enrolled in a Bachelor's or advanced degree program in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or Electrical Engineering; a High School Diploma is required. Prior teamwork and project experience is valued.