Mechanical Design Engineer, Robotic Actuators

The role

You will own the architecture of integrated actuators for Dexmate robots. You will translate robot requirements into actuator designs and lead prototype builds and testing.

What you will do

• Define actuator requirements from robot loads and duty cycles.
• Own trade studies across motor topology, transmission ratio, bearings, cooling, sensing and drive constraints.
• Set mechanical, electrical and firmware interfaces.
• Lead prototype builds and hands-on debugging.
• Maintain direct ownership of CAD and analysis reviews, bench debugging and technical decisions.
• Develop characterization plans with motor, drive, controls and test engineers.
• Drive design reviews, supplier decisions, DFM and corrective actions through production release.

Required qualifications

• Delivered an integrated actuator, servo or electromechanical drive into a production or deployed product, with direct ownership of architecture and hardware decisions.
• Strong depth in mechanical or mechatronic design and working understanding of motors, transmissions, thermal behavior, sensors and drive limitations.
• Ability to quantify system trade-offs and explain how analysis, bench data and failure investigation changed a design.
• Hands-on experience with prototyping, validation, supplier collaboration and manufacturing release.
• Ability to lead across engineering disciplines.

Nice to have

• Experience in robot joints, industrial drives, EV drive units or aerospace electromechanical actuators.
• Experience with high torque-density or backdrivable actuators and compact liquid-cooled assemblies.
• Technical mentorship and ownership of a subsystem roadmap without losing direct design and test involvement.

About the company

Dexmate is building robot platforms and a universal Physical AI OS to make robots easier to build and deploy. They combine hardware and software into a plug-and-play platform for developers, researchers and enterprises.