Figure AI
Senior Gear Design Engineer
$160K–$250K
San Jose, CA +1 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026
- Location
- San Jose, CA
San Jose, California, United States - Experience
- 7+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or similar field.
About the job
Owns the end-to-end design, validation, and mass manufacturing ramp of gear trains and transmissions for humanoid robot hands.
What you'll do
- Size, analyze, optimize, prototype, and validate gears and transmissions against performance and durability targets.
- Design gear, shaft, and transmission assemblies; define manufacturing, inspection, and metrology strategies with suppliers.
- Build and run test rigs, correlate test data with analytical models, and collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of experience designing gears and geared transmissions.
- Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, Mechatronics, or similar field.
- Demonstrated ownership of complete gear designs from initial sizing through mass manufacturing.
- Proficiency in KISSsoft (or equivalent) and CATIA (or equivalent high-end 3D CAD); working knowledge of AGMA/ISO gear rating standards, gear metrology, and tolerancing.
Nice to have
- Experience with small-module, high-ratio, or high-power-density gearing, or in robotics, surgical devices, aerospace actuation, or automotive e-drive transmissions.
- Familiarity with lubrication selection, tribology, fatigue and bearing-life modeling, accelerated testing, or high-volume product builds.
Pay
USD 160,000 to USD 250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
KISSsoft, CATIA, ASME Y14.5, AGMA/ISO
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