- Robot type
- Surgical and Medical
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 15, 2026
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Job description
The Senior Mechanical Design Engineer is expected to use machine design and analytical skills to conceptualize, develop and verify new mechanical designs. They must utilize creativity and sound engineering judgment in the design of structures, kinematics, robotic actuation and sensing solutions. They are responsible for key system components and will interface with suppliers and manufacturing to build high-quality hardware prototypes and productize new designs. They will be expected to excel in a focused, high-energy, collaborative work environment with a team of talented engineers.
Job responsibilities
- System thermal design, analysis and testing
- Influencing assembly architecture and designing mechanical assemblies, with careful consideration for kinematics, drivetrain components, servo motors, sensors, safety mechanisms, and failure contingencies
- Rapid development and iteration of full-scale prototypes of candidate architectures and mechanism designs to satisfy requirements
- Create product functional requirements and design specifications, authoring concept and design documentation for a regulatory controlled environment
- Perform design FMEA
- Designing for reliability, cost and manufacturability
- Developing and performing component verification testing and product validation testing
- Supporting final product delivery by troubleshooting process, component and system issues.
Job requirements
- Experience/ownership with product development lifecycle phases including design, analysis, debug, verification, transfer to manufacturing, and sustainment
- Background in thermal system architecture, design and analysis including associated simulation environments
- Technical expertise with one or more of the following: mechanism design, servo motors, brakes, encoders, harmonic drives and alternatives, sensors, robotics
- Analysis potentially including statics, dynamics, kinematics, stress, fatigue and reliability
- Design, analyze and document components, structures, and mechanical assemblies in SolidWorks or similar CAD software
- Strong understanding of component or material selection criteria, and design for reliability and manufacturability
- Demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of component manufacturing processes
- Proficient in GD&T and tolerance stack analysis