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Senior Mechanical Design Engineer

Sunnyvale, CA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-15 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conceptualize, develop, and verify new mechanical designs for robotic actuation and sensing solutions, focusing on system thermal design, assembly architecture, and full-scale prototyping.

Role type

Senior IC mechanical design engineer (robotics/mechatronics)

Builds

High-quality hardware prototypes and productized designs for robotic surgical systems

Domain

Medical devices / Robotics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Thermal system architecture, mechanism design, kinematics, statics/dynamics analysis, SolidWorks, GD&T, tolerance stack analysis, 3D printing, MATLAB scripting, component verification testing, design for manufacturability

Preferred skills

ANSYS, Python, surgical/medical device experience, regulated industry experience

Technologies

SolidWorks, MATLAB, ANSYS, 3D printing

Responsibilities

Design mechanical assemblies with consideration for kinematics, drivetrain, and safety mechanisms; perform design FMEA and reliability analysis; troubleshoot process and system issues during product delivery; mentor team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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