Senior Systems Engineer - Chassis

Support systems requirement definition and integration across structure, power management, electrical architecture, sensing, compute mounting, and cable routing.

Design for structural integrity, fault tolerance, serviceability, and reliability in a production environment.

Coordinate prototype builds, structural design reviews, and DFM and DFA reviews.

Support supplier selection and qualification for structural components, fasteners, castings and machined parts, and precision hardware.

Support compliance, safety standards, and field deployment readiness.

Design and support real time monitoring, structural health data logging, and remote diagnostic capabilities.

Drive and support root cause failure analysis, including structural failures, fastener and joint failures, and wear, and corrective action to enhance uptime and performance.

SKILLS AND REQUIREMENTS

Strong experience designing and integrating complex structural, mechanical, and electrical systems for real time, dynamic robotics applications.

Strong understanding of structural mechanics (FEA, stress and fatigue analysis), materials selection (metals, composites, additive manufacturing), GD&T, and DFM and DFA for production hardware.

Experience with actuator, gearbox, and drivetrain integration into a structural chassis, including mounting, load transfer, and alignment and tolerancing.

Excellent cross functional communication skills.

Experience with wiring harness design and routing, cable management, and EMI and thermal considerations within a dense electromechanical chassis.

Experience bringing robotic and mechatronic hardware from prototype to production, including tolerance stack up and manufacturing process selection.

Experience leveraging industrial design and safety standards for robotic requirement generation, design, system integration, and test

Solid grasp of robotics architecture patterns, kinematics, dynamics, and mass and inertia budgeting for legged and wheeled mobile platforms.

Background in systems engineering and reliability engineering, including logging, telemetry, structural health monitoring, and automated test frameworks.

Knowledge of environmental sealing and ingress protection, vibration and shock qualification, and thermal management for embedded electronics within a structural enclosure.

Familiarity with requirements management and traceability tools and model-based systems engineering practices.

Collaborative, communicative, and motivated by working within a tight knit team of expert engineers.

Adaptable and comfortable with ambiguity in an R&D focused environment.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENECE

Bachelor’s degree in engineering. Master’s and / or PhD degree in engineering preferred.

Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.

6+ years of experience in complex robotics systems or autonomous systems.

Demonstrated experience contributing to the system-level architecture and integration of robotic or mechatronic products.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer

Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times.

Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen.

Hearing and speech to communicate.

This is a direct hire. Please, no outside Agency solicitations.

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