Robotics Mechanical Engineer - Dexterous Hands (Equity)

Hardware FYI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Market standard benefits and equity

Job summary

Hardware FYI in San Francisco is seeking engineers and scientists to join our robotics team. Your talent and determination matter as much as experience in robotics.

We aim to build advanced robots that operate in complex environments, reducing human risk and increasing efficiency in labor-intensive industries. We design mechanical architectures for humanoid hands, including joints, tendons, actuators, and compact routing.

Qualifications

• Shipped hard-to-build products at industrial scale.
• Self-starter with high accountability and ownership.
• Strong foundation in mechanical engineering and robotics.
• Experience with complex assemblies and tight spatial constraints.
• Knowledge of CNC machining, injection molding, stamping, additive manufacturing.
• Familiarity with control systems and mechatronics.
• Hands-on prototyping experience.
• Plus: tendon-driven systems experience.
• Plus: sensor integration into mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Tackle the hardest unsolved problem in robotics hardware.
• Design and develop mechanical architectures for humanoid robotic hands, including joints, structures, and tendon-driven actuation systems.
• Design/select and integrate tendons, actuators, routing hardware, transmission mechanisms and electronics in space-constrained environments
• Prototype, test, and iterate hand designs to meet strength, dexterity, durability, and manufacturability goals
• Conduct stress, fatigue, and failure analysis
• Select materials for tendons and structures (hard and soft) based on a variety of criteria: strength, friction, flexibility, wear resistance.
• Evaluate materials for flexibility, grip, and wear resistance, including soft materials where applicable

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Robotics

Hands-on prototyping

Kinematic systems

Manufacturing processes

Control systems

Tendon-driven systems

Sensor integration

Job description

Hardware FYI in San Francisco is seeking engineers and scientists to join our robotics team. Your talent and determination matter as much as experience in robotics.

We aim to build advanced robots that operate in complex environments, reducing human risk and increasing efficiency in labor-intensive industries. We design mechanical architectures for humanoid hands, including joints, tendons, actuators, and compact routing.