Senior Mechanical Engineer — Actuation

Position Summary:

We are hiring a Senior Mechanical Engineer to design build and ship high performance actuators for our humanoid this role you will own the design of actuator mechanical components and subassembliesgear trains housings bearing systems output structures and electronics integration. You will work closely with controls electrical firmware and manufacturing teams to translate performance requirements into robust hardware and to mature prototypes into reliable high-volume production designs. This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives owning a design end to end from first-principles analysis through hands-on bring-up characterization and production handoff.

Core Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver actuator mechanical subsystems including gear trains and transmissions housings bearing arrangements shafting output interfaces and integrated sensor and motor packaging.
• Drive component sizing and validation through first-principles analysis and FEAtolerance stack-ups structural and fatigue analysis stiffness backlash and thermal paths.
• Own designs from concept through DFM/DFA prototype builds and production release partnering with external manufacturers and suppliers to ensure high quality parts and assembly.
• Partner cross-functionally with controls electrical and firmware teams to define actuator requirements and integrate actuators into the broader robot platform.
• Lead design reviews and hardware bring-up; plan and execute bench and dynamometer testing to characterize performance and root-cause failures.
• Establish design standards and best practices for actuator development and mentor engineers across the team.

Required Qualifications:

• 5 years of experience delivering precision electromechanical or actuator products from concept through production (or MS 3 years).
• Deep expertise in actuator and drivetrain design including gear trains (planetary harmonic and/or cycloidal) bearing selection and preload shaft and housing design and management of backlash and stiffness.
• Strong proficiency with 3D CAD (SolidWorks CATIA or NX) and rigorous application of GD&T and tolerance analysis.
• Demonstrated analytical ability using both hand calculations and FEA for structural fatigue and thermal design decisions.
• Hands-on experience building instrumenting and testing hardware including dynamometer or bench characterization and systematic troubleshooting.
• Strong communication ownership and a collaborative cross-functional approach to development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Direct experience with robotic systems preferably humanoid and/or manipulation robots.
• Experience designing high-torque-density actuators with frameless/BLDC motor integration.
• Experience with custom gearbox design (planetary and harmonic or cycloidal drives) experience with gear analysis tools such as KISSsoft or similar software and high-volume manufacturing of precision mechanical components.

Walden Robotics offers a competitive total compensation program including salary annual cash bonus company equity company-subsidized insurance programs 401(k) with company match flexible PTO daily lunch and other benefits. The pay ranges noted on our posts are for salary only.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC