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Mechanical Design Engineer, Robotics Sustaining Engineering
$173K–$245K
Redmond, WA · Full-time · Posted Jul 28, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years in Mechanical Design Engineering, with a meaningful portion in sustaining, production, or manufacturing engineering.
- Education
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering
About the job
Owns sustaining engineering for humanoid robot hardware, investigating failures and improving designs, manufacturing, and assembly after initial release.
What you'll do
- Lead mechanical failure investigations, implement and verify corrective design changes, and update production documentation.
- Work with assembly and integration teams to address build feedback and improve assembly time, repeatability, instructions, and tooling.
- Maintain sustaining processes, configuration and BOM accuracy, and metrics; collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams.
What they ask for
- BS degree in Mechanical Engineering.
- 7+ years of Mechanical Design Engineering experience, with a meaningful portion in sustaining, production, or manufacturing engineering.
- Proficiency in SolidWorks, NX, or CREO, including drawing packages with GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
- Working knowledge of CNC machining processes and hands-on shop-floor or build-area experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and tolerance analysis tools and methodologies (RSS, Monte Carlo, worst-case).
- Direct experience with robotic systems — BLDC motors, actuators, gearboxes, linkage mechanisms.
Pay
$173,000/year to $245,000/year (base salary)
Tools
SolidWorks, NX, CREO, ASME Y14.5, CNC, FEA, Teamcenter, SolidWorks PDM
AI focus
Integrate AI tools to optimize or redesign workflows and drive measurable impact; apply responsible, ethical AI practices and continue developing AI skills, including prompt/context engineering and agent orchestration.
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