Senior Robotics Mechanical Engineer: Hands-On Subsystem

Simplexity Product Development, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 96,000 - 172,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Simplexity Product Development is seeking a hands-on senior mechanical engineer to work embedded with a Seattle-area client on a cutting-edge robotics product. You will own mechanical subsystems from requirements through working hardware, validation, and release-quality documentation.

This is a technical individual contributor role, not a people-management position. You will lead subsystem decisions, coordinate interfaces, communicate risks, and perform design, analysis, prototyping, and testing

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in robotics, mechanical engineering, or a related discipline.
• 8+ years of applicable product-development experience.
• Subsystem ownership is key, not tenure.
• Owned at least one robotics or complex electromechanical subsystem from requirements to release.
• Extensive hands-on experience in robotic actuation and mechanisms.
• SolidWorks experience with complex assemblies and PDM workflows.
• Strong GD&T, tolerance analysis, DFM/DFA, and production methods knowledge.
• Hands-on prototype assembly, instrumentation, test, and root-cause analysis.
• Experience integrating mechanical designs with electrical/firmware/software.
• Experience leading technical discussions with clients while remaining hands-on.
• Ability to work on-site at the Seattle-area client site.

Responsibilities

• Convert system requirements into mechanical subsystem requirements, architecture, interfaces, and trade studies.
• Size and select motors, gearboxes, encoders, bearings, and related drivetrain components.
• Perform torque-speed, duty-cycle, inertia, efficiency, life, force, energy, and thermal analyses.
• Design linkages, gear trains, belts, pulleys, cables, and other moving mechanisms.
• Package sensors, wiring, PCBs within mechanical envelopes with thermal paths.
• Create, manage, and release SolidWorks assemblies, BOMs, and drawings via revision workflow.
• Design custom parts for machining, sheet metal, injection molding, and prototyping.
• Build and instrument prototypes, define tests, diagnose failures, and iterate to working hardware.
• Perform structural and thermal analyses as needed.
• Present design tradeoffs and project status to client stakeholders.
• Coordinate mechanical interfaces with electrical, firmware, software, systems, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.

Skills

Robotics

Mechanical engineering

SolidWorks

GD&T

PDM

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Robotics/Mechanical Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

PDM

Job description

Simplexity Product Development is seeking a hands-on senior mechanical engineer to work embedded with a Seattle-area client on a cutting-edge robotics product. You will own mechanical subsystems from requirements through working hardware, validation, and release-quality documentation.

This is a technical individual contributor role, not a people-management position. You will lead subsystem decisions, coordinate interfaces, communicate risks, and perform design, analysis, prototyping, and testing