Senior Hardware & Manufacturing Architect for AI Robots

Tutorintelligence; Watertown (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Tutor Intelligence in Watertown, MA is seeking a seasoned Hardware Engineer to lead the technical development of manufacturing systems for scalable robot production.

You will own hardware integration, test automation, MES workflows and production readiness, collaborating with hardware, software and manufacturing teams on design reviews, FAT, and ramp.

This hands-on role requires on-floor leadership, root-cause analysis, and a bias for building repeatable, observable processes.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on hardware engineering experience designing, integrating, debugging and testing complex electromechanical systems.
• Solid electrical engineering fundamentals, including power distribution, circuit-level troubleshooting, PCBAs, sensors, actuators and hardware interfaces.
• Experience taking hardware from engineering development through NPI, production ramp and repeatable manufacturing.
• Experience developing manufacturing test systems, automated test equipment, hardware validation or end-of-line testing.
• Experience developing or implementing manufacturing software, MES workflows, production automation or integrated test and traceability systems.
• Ability to use Python or similar tools for test automation, diagnostics and data analysis.
• Comfortable using AI tools as part of your daily engineering work.
• Willingness to be hands-on and spend time on the production floor working directly with engineers and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical development of manufacturing systems, ensuring reliable build processes for robots.
• Be the escalation point for complex electrical, mechanical and system-level failures.
• Define and drive manufacturing test strategy, FAT and end-of-line testing.
• Develop automation to reduce manual testing and improve diagnostics.
• Collaborate across Hardware, Software and Manufacturing to ensure producibility and support readiness.

Skills

Hardware engineering

Electromechanical systems

Root cause analysis

On-floor troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Python

Oscilloscopes

DAQ systems

Job description

Tutor Intelligence in Watertown, MA is seeking a seasoned Hardware Engineer to lead the technical development of manufacturing systems for scalable robot production.

You will own hardware integration, test automation, MES workflows and production readiness, collaborating with hardware, software and manufacturing teams on design reviews, FAT, and ramp.

This hands-on role requires on-floor leadership, root-cause analysis, and a bias for building repeatable, observable processes.