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Actuator Systems Engineer, Fauna

Amazon· Hardware Development
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New York, NY$157.1k - $212.6kFull-timePosted yesterday

About the role

Actuator Systems Engineer to design, model, test, and iterate electromechanical actuators for Fauna Robotics, spanning electrical, mechanical, and firmware domains to optimize performance, safety, reliability, and user experience in home robots.

Responsibilities

  • Plan and run characterization testing on actuators (torque constant, friction, efficiency, thermal behavior, wear) and translate results into models and specs for the team
  • Build and maintain electromechanical and thermal models of actuators to predict performance, set safe operating limits, and support controls and simulation teams
  • Contribute to electrical design of the actuator (motor selection, motor drivers, sensing, protection) with EE team and suppliers
  • Contribute to mechanical design of the actuator (transmissions, bearings, housings, thermal paths) with focus on torque density, efficiency, manufacturability
  • Write and tune motor control firmware (current and position control, current/thermal limiting, calibration, fault detection)

Qualifications

  • Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
  • PhD in EE, ME, Robotics, Physics, or related field, or Master’s + 4+ years industry experience developing actuators/motors/electromechanical systems
  • Experience building models of electromechanical or thermal systems and validating them against test data
  • Hands-on experience testing and characterizing motors or actuators
  • Experience writing embedded motor control firmware in C or C++, and analyzing data in Python
  • Experience leading a technical project from concept through validation

Skills

Required:Functional specifications and verification planningElectromechanical system modelingMotor control firmwareProject leadership

Benefits

  • Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription)
  • Life insurance and AD&D options
  • 401(k) matching
  • Paid time off and parental leave
  • Flexible Spending Accounts and EAP, Mental Health Support
  • Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
Last updated Oct 25, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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