Senior Mechanical Engineer - Humanoid Robotics Lead

Foundation Robotics Lab; San Francisco (CA); In loco; USD 180.000 - 300.000; Tempo pieno

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Equity

Health benefits

401(k)

Dental

Vision

Descrizione del lavoro

Foundation Robotics Lab in San Francisco seeks an experienced mechanical engineering leader to own hardware for our humanoid platform. You’ll drive architecture, design for mass manufacturing, and coordinate actuators, batteries, electronics, and structures.

You will mentor engineers, set high engineering standards, and collaborate with AI, software, manufacturing, and electrical teams to deliver reliable, high-performance robotics.

Competenze

• 8+ years in robotics/automation/aerospace or similar design spaces.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or related field.
• Proven track record designing for mass manufacturing and scaling suppliers to volume.
• Expert in CAD and proficient in CAE tools like FEA, CFD, thermal analysis.
• Motivated to coach peers and juniors through best engineering practices.
• Experience with GD&T and tolerance analysis for high-precision assemblies.
• Excited to implement continual improvements for metrics like cost, mass, performance.

Mansioni

• Own hardware for our humanoid platform and drive key technical decisions surrounding performance, cost, production and reliability.
• Collaborate with AI, software, manufacturing and electrical teams to develop tightly integrated hardware.
• Establish the mechanical engineering discipline, mentor engineers, define architecture and shape the future of the humanoid robotics platform.

Conoscenze

Robotics experience

Leadership

Mentoring

Formazione

Bachelor's or Master's in Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics

Strumenti

CAD

CAE tools (FEA/CFD)

Descrizione del lavoro

Foundation Robotics Lab in San Francisco seeks an experienced mechanical engineering leader to own hardware for our humanoid platform. You’ll drive architecture, design for mass manufacturing, and coordinate actuators, batteries, electronics, and structures.

You will mentor engineers, set high engineering standards, and collaborate with AI, software, manufacturing, and electrical teams to deliver reliable, high-performance robotics.