Experience 1–3 yrs (1+ years)
About the role
structured by ORIAll open rolesMechanical🤖 Mechanical Design Engineer – Humanoid RoboticsPalo Alto, CA (On-Site)/Full-timeApply nowShareAbout the roleAt Proception, we are engineering the next generation of highly dexterous humanoid manipulators. Our mission is to bring machines closer to human capability by merging innovative…
What you will do
- Architect and design high-DOF robotic arms and hands for dynamic manipulation
- Build geartrains, compliant mechanisms, and tendon systems that outperform current state-of-the-art
- Drive simulation, analysis, prototyping, and testing in a no-silos, build-it-yourself workflow
- Iterate hardware based on test data, field failure, or system noise—fast
- Collaborate tightly with controls, perception, and firmware teams to deliver integrated, elegant robots
What they are looking for
- 1+ years of experience designing mission-critical mechanical systems for robotics, aerospace, or automation
- Mastery of CAD (SolidWorks, Fusion), FEA, and precision design
- Experience prototyping with your own hands—machining, printing, assembling, debugging
- You've built geartrains—strain wave, planetary, cycloidal—or you've designed your own
- Fluent in tolerance stack-ups, material properties, thermal constraints, and load paths
- Designed for real-world wear, slop, EMI, torque ripple, and backlash
- Experience with humanoids, exoskeletons, prosthetics, soft robots, or tendon drives
- Startup reflexes: you bias toward execution, learn fast, and document like it matters
Nice to have
- Experience with humanoids, exoskeletons, prosthetics, soft robots, or tendon drives
- Experience with testing and validation of mechanical systems
Benefits
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
- Work with world-class researchers and engineers in AI and robotics
- High-ownership role with opportunity to lead mechanical design efforts
- Help define and build next-generation embodied intelligence systems
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Full posting text
Experience: 1+ years Full-time Mechanical Design Engineer to lead structural and actuation design for our humanoid upper body and hand systems.