Senior Mechanical Engineer - Robotics & Automation Hardware

Symbotic; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 171,600; Full time

Job summary

Symbotic, headquartered in Wilmington, MA, seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the R&D Hardware Engineering team. You will design, prototype, and release complex electromechanical systems for cell hardware, collaborating across EE/Controls, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain while mentoring junior engineers.

You will lead feasibility studies, conduct tolerance analyses, and create BOMs/ECNs in Teamcenter.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 6 years of hands-on design experience
• Industrial robotics, automation, and material handling experience preferred
• SolidWorks proficiency and experience with FEA
• Experience designing parts for machining, casting, sheet metal, plastics, and fabricated assemblies
• Strong mechanical intuition and hands-on prototyping
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Initiative to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Invent novel, elegant, and reliable solutions for highly integrated hardware systems
• Contribute to conception, analysis, prototyping, detailed design and validation of complex electromechanical systems using SolidWorks
• Perform feasibility analyses and make recommendations on viability of concepts
• Create quantitative trade studies to evaluate designs and identify optimum solutions
• Contribute innovations that satisfy customers’ needs and enable new market opportunities
• Research outside sources, evaluate and validate mechanical components from outside suppliers
• Provide technical direction and leadership of external design partners and suppliers
• Perform and document mechanical analysis of designs
• Perform tolerance analysis on complex assemblies and create drawings per ANSI Y14.5
• Create and manage BOMs and ECNs in Siemens Teamcenter PLM
• Assist in assembling prototypes, testing, troubleshooting and implementing design changes
• Define test plans and conduct testing to validate safety and effectiveness
• Assist in building program plans and schedules to achieve milestones
• Work with cross-functional colleagues from EE/Controls, Manufacturing, Supply Chain
• Communicate project status, chair design reviews and present to stakeholders
• Provide design feedback and mentorship to junior engineers

Skills

SolidWorks

FEA

Drafting

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering

6+ years hands-on design experience

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter PLM

Ansys

Job description

Symbotic, headquartered in Wilmington, MA, seeks a Senior Mechanical Engineer to join the R&D Hardware Engineering team. You will design, prototype, and release complex electromechanical systems for cell hardware, collaborating across EE/Controls, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain while mentoring junior engineers.

You will lead feasibility studies, conduct tolerance analyses, and create BOMs/ECNs in Teamcenter.