Senior Mechanical Engineer - Robotic Mobility Platform

standardbots.com; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Bots in Boston is building Bolt, an autonomous mobile manipulation platform. We seek Senior Mechanical Engineers to own subsystems from concept to production, including chassis, drivetrain, battery mounting, and safety hardware, with hands-on lab work.

You'll design, analyze, and test using SolidWorks, perform FEA, and collaborate across EE, software, and safety teams. On-site office features a lab, build area, and production robots nearby.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering (or related).
• 5+ years designing, building, and testing electromechanical products through production release.
• Strong in structures, mechanisms, load paths, stiffness and fatigue.

Responsibilities

• Own the design of Bolt subsystems from requirements through production release: concept, detailed design, analysis, drawings, and release.
• Run trade studies to set subsystem architecture — structure, stiffness, thermal and IP strategy, serviceability, cost — and coordinate with EE, software, and safety teams.
• Do hands-on work: SolidWorks design, hand calcs and FEA, tolerance stackups, DFM for sheet metal, castings, machined parts, weldments, plastics; build and test prototypes.
• Define and run subsystem tests (static/dynamic loads, vibration, drop, thermal, ingress) and feed results back into design.
• Be the technical contact for fabricators; drive DFM/DFA feedback and support production issues.
• Lead design reviews for your subsystem and mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Mechanical Design

FEA

Electromechanical systems

SolidWorks

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

PDM/PLM release process

FEA software

Job description

Standard Bots in Boston is building Bolt, an autonomous mobile manipulation platform. We seek Senior Mechanical Engineers to own subsystems from concept to production, including chassis, drivetrain, battery mounting, and safety hardware, with hands-on lab work.

You'll design, analyze, and test using SolidWorks, perform FEA, and collaborate across EE, software, and safety teams. On-site office features a lab, build area, and production robots nearby.