Mechatronics Engineer, Robotics Hardware

Mechanical CAD & Packaging: Design packaging and mounting solutions for electronics compute boxes used across a variety of large vehicle platforms. Collaborate with the team to integrate the sensor suite (cameras, LiDARs, GPS, IMU) with the platform.

Thermal & Structural Solutions: Collaborate with the team to investigate and solve thermal and structural challenges to keep autonomy hardware operational in rugged outdoor environments.

Fabrication & Integration: Work with external fab shops to produce mechanical hardware, then perform hands-on assembly, bring-up, and integration onto the wheeled platform.

PCB Design: Design PCBs covering power regulation/distribution and wired communication systems, with senior electrical engineers available to pressure-test designs before they ship.

Sensor & Compute Integration: Evaluate and integrate sensors (cameras, LiDARs) and test new onboard computers, with mechanical-electrical integration (wire routing, PCB placement, thermal paths).

Bring-up & Validation: Bring up and validate electrical hardware, diagnosing failures to root cause with support from a team experienced in building these types of systems.

Electromechanical Integration: Design and integrate actuation systems (motors, drives, actuators) with mechanical structures and electrical control systems.

Control Systems: Support tuning and validation of control loops (motion, actuation feedback) where mechatronic subsystems interface with platform-level controls.

Cross-Domain Troubleshooting: Diagnose issues that span mechanical, electrical, and firmware boundaries — a core skill for keeping integrated electromechanical systems field-ready.

Platform Integration: Integrate mechanical and electrical hardware onto a variety of large wheeled platforms, from CAD through installed, running hardware.

Field Deployment & Support: Support deployed hardware in the field, diagnosing real-world failures and feeding fixes back into the next design iteration.

Full-Stack Hardware: Contribute across full-stack robotics hardware, working closely alongside senior engineers from each discipline (mechanical, electrical, and embedded).

Autonomy Systems & Collaboration: Work closely with the autonomy team on hardware decisions (sensor placement, platform constraints) and on safety-critical systems.

Special Projects: Potentially make key contributions to special projects integrating multiple modalities, such as robotic arms with wheeled vehicles or multi-robot quadruped-wheeled collaborative efforts.