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Staff Mechanical Engineer

Apptronik· Hardware
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Austin, TXfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Staff Mechanical Engineer to provide technical leadership in the design and development of Apollo humanoid robots across their full lifecycle, collaborating with cross-functional teams to meet performance, reliability, cost, safety, regulatory, and manufacturability requirements, while mentoring engineers and raising engineering standards.

Responsibilities

  • Lead mechanical design efforts for complex products, systems, and subsystems
  • Drive system architecture decisions, design trade studies, and technical risk mitigation
  • Own designs from concept development through NPI, production release, and sustaining
  • Collaborate with manufacturing, suppliers, and contract manufacturers to ensure production readiness and smooth ramp
  • Plan and execute verification, validation, and reliability testing activities
  • Support field and manufacturing issues through structured root-cause analysis and corrective actions
  • Participate in and lead technical design reviews across multiple projects
  • Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through coaching, design feedback, and technical guidance
  • Contribute to and help define engineering standards, processes, and best practices
  • Influence technical direction across teams without direct authority

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to lead and deliver complex mechanical systems or architectures
  • Deep expertise in at least one core area (e.g., precision design, analysis, DFMA, electromechanical systems) with breadth across others
  • Strong experience with DFMA, manufacturing processes, and production engineering
  • Advanced proficiency in mechanical analysis, including FEA and analytical modeling
  • Hands-on experience with prototyping, verification, validation, and reliability testing
  • Strong knowledge of materials selection, GD&T, and tolerance stack-up analysis
  • Experience integrating mechanical systems with electronics, software, motion, thermal, or fluid systems
  • Familiarity with tooling, fixtures, automation, or equipment design
  • Knowledge of regulatory, safety, and compliance requirements
  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and raise team technical capability
  • Excellent communication skills and strong engineering judgment

Skills

Required:Mechanical leadership and design ownershipCore mechanical expertiseDFMA and production engineeringMechanical analysis (FEA, analytical modeling)Prototyping, validation, reliability testingMaterials selection, GD&T, tolerance analysisSystems integrationRegulatory and safety knowledgeMentoring and leadershipCommunication and judgment
Last updated Aug 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Apptronik

One Platform for the Future of Work

Apptronik designs humanoid robotics platforms with mobility, manipulation, and human-centered interaction to support people in the workplace.

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