Industrial Designer

The role

You will own the form language and physical identity of Asimov and the Menlo hardware family. This includes designing enclosures, surface treatments, ergonomics, CMF, and packaging. You will work with mechanical and electrical engineers to translate design vision into production-ready parts.

What you will do

• Own industrial design for Asimov and the Menlo hardware family including form, proportion, ergonomics, and CMF
• Turn mechanical and electrical constraints into intentional design
• Prototype in foam, print, and machined parts to iterate on real robots
• Own the CMF specification process including material selection and supplier engagement
• Own design for manufacturing and assembly alongside mechanical engineering
• Design human-facing details like grips, handles, access panels, and indicators
• Shape the packaging, unboxing experience, and user-facing documentation
• Maintain design consistency across the Menlo hardware product family

Required qualifications

• Strong portfolio of shipped physical products showing design sensibility under technical constraints
• 4 or more years shipping physical products such as consumer electronics, robotics, or medical devices
• Deep industrial design fundamentals in form, proportion, ergonomics, and CMF
• Strong proficiency in 3D modeling and surfacing (Alias, Rhino, SolidWorks, or equivalent)
• Strong proficiency in rendering (KeyShot or similar)
• Real DFM and DFA experience
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes including injection molding, sheet metal, die casting, and surface finishing
• Experience working directly with mechanical engineers and contract manufacturers
• Comfort moving from sketch to prototype to production without a large team
• Experience designing for humanoid or legged robots, cobots, or other electromechanical systems
• A bias for building, testing on hardware, and iterating quickly

Nice to have

• Experience taking a product from zero to first production run
• Hands-on shop skills: 3D printing, machining, moldmaking, and finishing
• Exposure to DFM/DFA review in a high-mix, low-volume manufacturing context
• Familiarity with simulation-driven or CAD-driven design workflows
• A feel for how design and brand reinforce each other
• Interest in open-source hardware communities

About the company

Menlo Research is an Applied R&D lab building Asimov, an open-source humanoid robot platform. Their mission is to make humanoid labor economically viable by building hardware architecture, locomotion, autonomy, simulation, and infrastructure.