- Robot type
- Warehouse and Logistics
- Location
- WilmingtonNorth CarolinaUSA
- Job type
- Hardware
- Posted
- Aug 9, 2026
- Salary
- $125,000–$171,600 a year
Full-time
Staff Mechanical Engineer - Cell Hardware
Job description
We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or genetic information.
Symbotic is an automation technology leader reimagining the supply chain with its end-to-end, AI-powered robotic and software platform. Symbotic reinvents the warehouse as a strategic asset for the world’s largest retail, wholesale, and food & beverage companies.
We are a community of innovators, collaborators and pioneers who embrace our differences, because we know unique perspectives make us stronger and smarter. Every perspective matters.
Job responsibilities
- Invent novel, elegant, and reliable solutions for highly integrated hardware systems
- Contribute to the conception, analysis, prototyping, detailed design and validation of complex electromechanical systems using Solidworks
- Perform feasibility analyses and make recommendations on viability of concepts
- Create quantitative trade studies to evaluate designs and identify optimum solutions
- Contribute innovations that satisfy customers’ needs and enable new market opportunities
- Research outside sources, evaluate and validate mechanical components such as motors, sensors, bearings, etc. from outside suppliers
- Provide technical direction, review, and leadership of external design partners and suppliers
- Perform and document mechanical analysis of your designs
Job requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering
- Minimum of 6 years of work experience in a hands-on design role
- Industrial robotics, automation, and material handling experience is strongly preferred
- Full proficiency with SolidWorks is desired
- A demonstrated level of experience using FEA (Solidworks Simulation and/or Ansys) is desired
- Experience in designing parts for a variety of manufacturing processes: machining, casting, sheet metal, plastics, fabricated assemblies, etc.
- Strong mechanical intuition and hands on approach to conceptualizing and prototyping
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing