Android Engineer (Body)

Own the android skeleton and actuation — the structure everything else is built on.

Team: Android Systems
Type: Full-time

The skeleton decides how a body takes shape, how it moves, and how everything above it can be built. Get it right and natural motion becomes possible; get it wrong and no amount of work on the surface will save it.

This role owns that layer: structure, joints, actuation and the path from where we are now to where we intend to be.

What you'll do

Design skeletal structure and joint modules against human proportion and range of motion.
Select and integrate actuation, and carry the architecture forward as our approach evolves — without requiring a redesign each time.
Package actuation, routing and thermal management inside the structure, so mechanism stays off the surface.
Design for service: decide early whether a fault means a module swap or a teardown, and choose the option that keeps a body repairable.
Treat material and component selection as a design constraint with real consequences, including where those materials come from.
Work with the safety team on compliance, force limits and how the body behaves when something fails.

What we look for

What we're looking for

Several years in robotics or mechatronics, through to hardware that shipped or at least survived testing.
Depth in joint design, transmission and actuator selection, with real opinions about the trade-offs.
Experience designing to anthropometric or biomechanical references.
Comfort owning a subsystem that everyone else depends on.
Interest in building machines that are safe to be near, and serviceable for years rather than months.

Nice to have

Tendon-driven or cable-driven actuation experience.
Background in exoskeletons, prosthetics, or rehabilitation robotics.
Experience taking a mechanical system through safety certification.

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