Senior Systems Engineer - Chassis New Austin, TX

Apptronik; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apptronik is seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to drive the integration, development, and lifecycle of our next-generation humanoid robot chassis. You will shape system requirements and collaborate across mechanical, electrical, and control teams to ensure performance, reliability, and manufacturability.

This high‑impact role spans concept to deployment, demanding hands‑on experience in robotics systems design, verification, and validation of electro‑mechanical subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain system level requirements and specifications for the robot chassis and structural subsystems.
• Contribute to and implement system architecture for the humanoid chassis.
• Collaborate on interface definitions between chassis and structural hardware and higher level actuation, power, compute, and control systems.
• Perform trade studies across structural performance, weight, cost, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Drive system integration efforts across mechanical structure, power distribution, wiring and harness, and thermal subsystems.
• Develop verification and validation (V&V) plans and test protocols, including structural load testing, fatigue and life testing, thermal characterization, and vibration and shock testing.
• Establish and track performance benchmarks such as structural stiffness and strength margins, mass properties, thermal limits, ingress

Job description

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life. Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.
We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems. You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Systems Engineer to drive the integration, development, and lifecycle of our next-generation humanoid robot chassis. The chassis is the structural and electromechanical backbone of the robot, and it ties together mechanical structure, actuation, power, and controls. This role sits at the intersection of structural and mechanical design, power distribution, thermal management, and systems integration. You will be responsible for developing system requirements, collaborating cross functionally, and ensuring that our chassis meets performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturability targets. This is a high impact role contributing from concept through deployment. If you thrive in a fast paced environment with a successful track record in engineering design verification and product validation of electro‑mechanical products, we'd love to speak with you. This position requires strong experience in robotics systems design, integrating complex structural and mechanical systems, and the ability to turn technical concepts into pragmatic execution.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES or KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Develop and maintain system level requirements and specifications for the robot chassis and structural subsystems.
• Contribute to and implement system architecture for the humanoid chassis.
• Collaborate on interface definitions between chassis and structural hardware and higher level actuation, power, compute, and control systems.
• Perform trade studies across structural performance, weight, cost, manufacturability, and reliability.
• Drive system integration efforts across mechanical structure, power distribution, wiring and harness, and thermal subsystems.
• Develop verification and validation (V&V) plans and test protocols, including structural load testing, fatigue and life testing, thermal characterization, and vibration and shock testing.
• Establish and track performance benchmarks such as structural stiffness and strength margins, mass properties, thermal limits, ingress