Amazon
Member of Technical Staff – Mechanical Engineer, Manipulation, Frontier AI & Robotics
San Francisco, CA · Staff · Full-time · Posted Aug 7, 2026
- Experience
- 3-5+ years designing mechanical systems for robotics, grippers, end-effectors, or complex electromechanical products.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering, or equivalent
About the job
Designs and develops robotic manipulation hardware that enables AI researchers to collect demonstration data and test learned manipulation policies.
What you'll do
- Design, prototype, test, and iterate on grippers, end-of-arm tools, multi-finger hands, and teleoperation/data-collection hardware.
- Integrate actuation, tactile and force/torque sensors, and cameras into compact assemblies; assess performance and support real-world experiments.
- Partner with AI, controls, and perception teams to develop hardware suited to research needs and scale successful designs to small batches.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics engineering, or equivalent.
- 3-5+ years designing mechanical systems for robotics, grippers, end-effectors, or complex electromechanical products.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks, OnShape, or equivalent).
- Hands-on prototype building, hardware integration, and mechanical troubleshooting experience.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, mechatronics, or robotics.
- Experience with robotic grippers, tactile or force/torque sensing, teleoperation hardware, or robot-learning data collection.
Tools
SolidWorks, OnShape, 3D printing, CNC, laser cutting, sheet metal, ROS
AI focus
Builds manipulation hardware and demonstration-data collection systems for robot learning; collaborates with AI researchers on hardware properties that affect learned manipulation policies.
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