Thermal Systems Engineer for Robotic Hands

Halodi Robotics; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 253,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) with company match

FSAs and HSAs options

Commuter benefits

Disability and life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Onsite snacks and catered lunches

Job summary

1X is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design and develop thermal systems for NEO’s hands, balancing performance, packaging, power, and cost. You will use first-principles analysis, prototyping, and testing to validate solutions in hardware.

You will collaborate with CFD, controls, and mechanical teams to deliver reliable, production-ready designs and contribute to a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or related field.
• 2+ years designing highly integrated active and passive thermal-management systems in a product development environment.
• Strong understanding of heat transfer fundamentals and first-principles thermal analysis to drive design decisions.
• Experience designing and executing thermal experiments, including test planning, instrumentation, data acquisition, and analysis.
• Hands-on prototyping, assembling, testing, troubleshooting, and improving mechanical hardware.
• Proficiency with 3D CAD software such as Onshape, SolidWorks, Creo, NX, CATIA, or similar.
• Experience creating engineering drawings, BOMs, specifications, and engineering change documentation.
• Strong communication and ability to work in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop active and passive thermal-management systems for NEO's hands from concept to production release.
• Use first-principles analysis, experimental data, and simulations to size components and optimize performance.
• Build, instrument, and test prototypes to validate thermal concepts under real operating conditions.
• Collaborate with CFD, electronics, controls, and mechanical teams to integrate thermal solutions within packaging constraints.

Skills

Heat transfer fundamentals

First-principles thermal analysis

Prototyping

Hands-on engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Robotics, or related

Tools

Onshape

SolidWorks

Creo

NX

CATIA

Job description

1X is seeking a Mechanical Engineer to design and develop thermal systems for NEO’s hands, balancing performance, packaging, power, and cost. You will use first-principles analysis, prototyping, and testing to validate solutions in hardware.

You will collaborate with CFD, controls, and mechanical teams to deliver reliable, production-ready designs and contribute to a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.