Gritt Robotics Inc
Mechanical Engineer
South San Francisco · On-site · Full-time · Posted Apr 30, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; focus on robotics, autonomous systems, or heavy equipment.
About the job
Design, integrate, and validate rugged, reconfigurable robots on heavy mobile platforms for outdoor construction deployments.
What you'll do
- Integrate robotic arms and payloads with skid-steer and tracked vehicle platforms, including structural mounting, routing, and service access.
- Design rugged mechanical systems and environmental protections, and support reconfigurable platform designs.
- Run structural analysis and validation, coordinate with vendors, and diagnose field failures to inform revisions.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on mechanical engineering experience focused on robotics, autonomous systems, or heavy equipment.
- Direct experience integrating robotic arms, actuators, or heavy payloads onto mobile platforms or equivalent heavy machinery.
- Experience designing to IP67 or stricter, plus hands-on cabling and harness design experience.
- Expert CAD proficiency (OnShape/Solidworks), comfort with GD&T and tolerance stacks, and structural analysis experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with construction, agricultural, mining, or defense ground vehicles.
- Experience designing multi-configuration platforms or integrating perception stacks.
Tools
OnShape, Solidworks, FEA, IP67, LiDAR, IMUs, GD&T
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