- Robot type
- Defense
- Location
- SunnyvaleCaliforniaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Sep 2, 2026
- Salary
- $170,000–$210,000 a year
Full-time
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Job description
The future of defense will be decided by those who field intelligent machines at scale. At Scout, we’re developing Fury, the first robotic foundation model for defense, to give U.S. forces overwhelming, adaptable, and autonomous power across every domain. Fury enables human operators to command fleets of robots through natural language, and empowers those machines to sense, decide, and act together as one. This mission will ask everything of us: urgency, precision, and relentless work.
Job responsibilities
- Lead the design, build, and deployment of mechanical and electromechanical systems across ground, maritime, and aerial platforms
- Architect autonomy systems, including component selection for compute modules, communication devices, networking components, and sensors
- Design rugged enclosures to house custom electronics - own the process from napkin sketch through prototyping and environmental qualification
- Own all mechanical roles related to testing: fixture design, hardware selection, wiring, environmental sealing, and system validation
- Integrate hardware with electrical and software systems in field-ready robotic platforms
- Collaborate closely with mission operations and software/autonomy teams to ensure real-world readiness and performance
- Troubleshoot hardware in the shop and in the field
- Develop scalable, rugged, and modular hardware architectures that can evolve across mission types and environments
Job requirements
- 8+ years of experience in mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, or hardware test engineering, preferably in robotics, aerospace, automotive, or defense
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
- Strong 3D CAD skills to design fixtures, enclosures, and electromechanical systems
- Experience architecting systems and selecting sensors, communications, and compute
- Hands-on experience with ruggedized electronics design and qualification
- Comfortable working with electrical engineers to define PCBA outlines and mechanical interfaces, including thermal management and connector selection
- Broad test and analysis skills in the areas of thermal, structural, fluid, shock & vibe and environmental
- Strong communication, documentation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration skills