Senior Robotics Hardware Engineer — Lead & Deploy

Raydar; New York (NY); On-site; USD 225,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Base salary $225k–$275k

Path to Head of Hardware

Job summary

Raydar, a robotics company, is seeking a Staff Hardware Engineer focused on Robotics Systems and Deployments in New York City. You will own technical direction and deliver working customer installations, blending hands-on robotics with leadership to grow a hardware team.

Responsibilities include driving rapid prototyping, evaluating and integrating robotic arms and tooling, owning hardware programs from concept to manufacturing and deployment, and mentoring designers.

Qualifications

• 6-12 years of relevant engineering experience; 8-10 years preferred.
• A robotics engineering background with hands-on hardware and deployment experience, beyond purely mechanical design or software.
• Fluency in 3D CAD, such as SolidWorks, Onshape, Creo or NX.
• End-to-end ownership of hardware from concept through manufacturing and customer deployment.
• Experience as a hands-on technical lead or hardware manager.
• Strong mechanical design fundamentals and ability to lead cross-functional technical reviews.
• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Robotic manipulation experience with grippers, tool changers, tactile or force sensing and 6/7-DOF arms.
• Experience deploying systems at customer facilities.

Responsibilities

• Drive rapid prototyping and build-test cycles for robotic systems.
• Evaluate and integrate commercial robotic arms, sensors, grippers and tooling.
• Own hardware programs through requirements, testing, manufacturing and customer deployment.
• Set engineering standards, lead design reviews and mentor mechanical engineers.
• Help recruit a hardware team as customer installations scale.

Skills

Robotics engineering

Hands-on hardware

Leadership

Cross-functional reviews

Customer deployments

Tools

SolidWorks

Onshape

Creo

NX

Job description

Raydar, a robotics company, is seeking a Staff Hardware Engineer focused on Robotics Systems and Deployments in New York City. You will own technical direction and deliver working customer installations, blending hands-on robotics with leadership to grow a hardware team.

Responsibilities include driving rapid prototyping, evaluating and integrating robotic arms and tooling, owning hardware programs from concept to manufacturing and deployment, and mentoring designers.