Apple
Mechatronics Research Engineer - Special Projects (Robotics)
$150K–$278K
Santa Clara, California · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of relevant experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Develops and validates robotic systems by integrating sensing, actuation, controls, hardware, and software, with a focus on intelligent systems and human-machine interaction.
What you'll do
- Develop and evaluate sensing, actuation, and control technologies; design, prototype, and validate robotic systems.
- Develop estimation, control, and optimization algorithms, simulations, experimental platforms, and performance benchmarks.
- Integrate hardware, software, and controls into prototypes and collaborate across disciplines on human-machine interaction.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of relevant experience developing electromechanical, robotic, tactile, or haptic systems.
- Experience with sensing, actuation, controls, or system integration in robotics.
- Experience designing and executing experimental validation activities.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Robotics, Computer Science, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Advanced degree in Robotics, Mechatronics, Controls, or a related field.
- Experience with tactile sensing or haptics, tactile sensor design or signal processing, varied actuation technologies, or taking complex hardware-software systems from prototype to production.
Pay
$150,400 to $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
robotics, sensing, actuation, controls, simulation, machine learning, tactile sensing, haptics
AI focus
The role develops intelligent robotic systems and algorithms for estimation, control, and systems optimization; machine learning is named among relevant backgrounds.
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