Mechanical Engineer, Actuator Design

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.

Requirements

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.

Benefits

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