Robotics Mechanical Engineer – Hands-on Design

Tutor Intelligence, Inc.; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Tutor Intelligence, Inc. in Watertown, MA is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Design Engineer to own complex subsystems for robot manipulation and data collection.

You will translate uncertain requirements into robust mechanisms, end effectors, and fixtures, then carry designs through fabrication, integration, validation, and repeatable builds. This role collaborates with electrical, software, and research teams to ensure reliability, maintainability, and clear documentation, with opportunities to

Qualifications

• Evidence of independently owning complex mechanical design work through fabrication, integrated testing, and sustained use.
• Strong 3D CAD, engineering drawings, tolerance analysis, and practical application of GD&T.
• Sound mechanics and the ability to justify design choices with calculations, analysis, and experiment.
• Hands-on skill in prototyping and assembly, and practical understanding of machining and manufacturing processes.
• Ability to explain a failed design, the evidence that isolated the cause, and the iteration that resolved it.
• Ability to coordinate across disciplines, communicate risks early, and produce documentation others can build from.

Responsibilities

• Translate manipulation and data-collection goals into mechanical requirements, interface definitions, and validation plans.
• Design complex parts and assemblies in CAD, including actuated mechanisms, end effectors, mounts, enclosures, and fixtures.
• Justify actuator, material, bearing, fastener, and process choices using load, stiffness, tolerance, wear, and packaging requirements.
• Build and test prototypes; use measurements and failure analysis to guide rapid, methodical iteration.
• Anticipate integration risks with sensors, wiring, electronics, and control software and drive their resolution.
• Deliver drawings, bills of materials, assembly instructions, and acceptance tests for repeatable fabrication and handoff.
• Follow build and operating feedback after delivery, resolve reliability issues, and improve design-review and documentation practices.

Skills

3D CAD

Engineering drawings

Tolerance analysis

Prototyping

Cross-disciplinary coordination

Documentation

Job description

Tutor Intelligence, Inc. in Watertown, MA is seeking a hands-on Mechanical Design Engineer to own complex subsystems for robot manipulation and data collection.

You will translate uncertain requirements into robust mechanisms, end effectors, and fixtures, then carry designs through fabrication, integration, validation, and repeatable builds. This role collaborates with electrical, software, and research teams to ensure reliability, maintainability, and clear documentation, with opportunities to