- Robot type
- Industrial Automation
- Location
- Palo AltoCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Apr 6, 2026
Full-time
Mechanical Design Engineer
Job description
Mind Robotics is building Physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting with the factory floor. We believe the hardest problems in AI are solved when researchers and engineers are hands-on with the physical world every day - and we're looking for people who are passionate about robotics, value ownership, and are excited to tackle difficult problems. Join us if you want to move beyond digital intelligence and put intelligence into motion.
Job responsibilities
- Design and development of mechanical components and assemblies for data collection hardware and robotic devices.
- Rapidly build, test, and break prototypes. You’ll use 3D printing, CNC machining, and manual fabrication to validate designs.
- Contribute to DFM/DFA efforts to ensure designs can scale from low-volume prototypes to high-volume production.
- Source components and work closely with machine shops and CMs to ensure parts are manufactured and shipped to spec and on time.
- Perform basic analyses (tolerance, structural, thermal) to validate design decisions
- Develop specifications and accelerated test plans to validate the product for its lifetime
- Assist in documentation for design reviews and testing.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (electrical, software, industrial design) to consolidate design requirements and integrate mechanical systems.
Job requirements
- Exceptional Mechanical Intuition. You understand how forces, materials, and mechanisms behave instinctively.
- 5+ years of experience (or equivalent "hard tech" projects) building complex electromechanical systems and sensors
- Familiarity with rapid prototyping techniques such as 3D Printing, Machining, etc.
- High proficiency in SolidWorks, Catia or similar tools
- Hands-on problem-solving approach with ability to iterate quickly
- Experience designing for volume processes (Injection molding, CNC, etc.) and working with contract manufacturers.
- You are comfortable with ambiguity, move fast, and have an "engineering curiosity" that drives you to understand how the entire system works, not just your part.