About the company
Our client is a robotics company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the mechanical architecture of compact motion hardware, turning machine performance needs into a buildable design. The work balances competing physical limits such as output force, weight, energy use and heat, with hands-on prototyping and testing.
What you'll do
- Turn robot load and duty-cycle requirements into specific actuator targets for torque, speed, stiffness, life, packaging and temperature.
- Weigh motor layout, gearing, bearings, cooling, sensing and drive limits, using test data to settle competing requirements.
- Set the boundaries between mechanical hardware, power electronics and embedded code, covering electrical ceilings, sensor locations and how the unit responds to faults.
- Build prototypes and debug hardware on the bench, owning CAD and analysis reviews and key technical decisions.
- Plan characterization work with motor, controls and test engineers, and match measured results against models.
- Lead design reviews, supplier choices and manufacturability work through to production release.
What we're looking for
- Experience in in-house mechanical design.
- Track record of taking a motion component or powered mechanism from design into shipped equipment.
- Prior work on dense, high-output motion hardware with active cooling.
- Strong depth in mechanical or mechatronic design.
- Solid grasp of how electric machines, gearing, heat, sensing and power electronics constrain one another.
- Practical record of building test units, verifying them, working with vendors and handing designs off to manufacturing.
- Ability to work on-site in the role's location.
Bonus points
- Experience at leading robotics or automotive companies.
- Background in machine joint modules, factory drive equipment, electric vehicle propulsion or aircraft motion systems.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 180,000 to 280,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- Fremont, California, United States
- On-site
- Full-time