Senior Mechanical Engineer, Robotics

Role overview

Mechanical architecture and design

• Own mobile robot and robotic arm architecture, including chassis, drivetrain, joints, end effectors, and enclosures.
• Design precision mechanisms and load-bearing structures, balancing stiffness, mass, backlash, serviceability, and cost.
• Manage mass, inertia, and packaging budgets as requirements change.
• Translate motion requirements into joint layouts, reach envelopes, payload capability, and actuator selection.

Actuation and drivetrain

• Select and integrate motors, gearboxes, harmonic drives, belts, ball screws, bearings, and brakes to meet torque, speed, and stiffness targets.
• Size drivetrains for actual duty cycles and validate them using measured load data.
• Design compliant and force-controlled mechanisms for safe physical interaction.
• Solve cable routing, slip ring, and harness challenges for articulated joints.

Analysis, validation, and production

• Run FEA and FMEA and use results to improve designs; model thermal paths and design cooling for high ambient conditions.
• Build and instrument rigs for life, fatigue, shock, vibration, ingress, and accuracy testing; investigate failures and implement design changes.
• Prototype using in-house machining, 3D printing, and rapid fabrication; design for CNC, sheet metal, injection moulding, casting, and composites.
• Produce drawing packages with GD&T, tolerance stack-ups, specifications, BOMs, and assembly procedures.
• Work with suppliers and contract manufacturers on quoting, first article inspection, qualification, and yield.

Collaboration and leadership

• Partner with electrical, firmware, controls, and industrial design so mechanical design serves the whole robot.
• Set mechanical design standards, CAD and PDM practices, and documentation quality; mentor engineers through reviews and hands-on build and test work.
• Design for field serviceability, including spares, tooling, maintenance intervals, and technician-friendly assemblies.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years designing mechanical systems for robotics, automotive, aerospace, consumer hardware, or industrial automation.
• Proven ownership of mechanisms from concept through prototype, qualification, and volume production.
• Strong machine design fundamentals, including stress, fatigue, kinematics, bearing and gear selection, and tolerance analysis.
• Expert CAD capability in SolidWorks, NX, Creo, Onshape, or equivalent, with disciplined PDM and revision control.
• Practical FEA experience and judgment about when hand calculations are more appropriate.
• Fluency in GD&T and tolerance stack-ups, with drawings that shops can build from without questions.
• Hands-on lab and shop ability, including assembly, machining, fixturing, instrumentation, and testing.
• Experience with environmental robustness, including ingress protection, dust, heat, vibration, and repeated transport.
• Clear technical writing and comfort in a fast-moving environment where hardware changes weekly.
• Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or equivalent demonstrated experience.

Preferred experience

• Experience with humanoid, legged, or manipulator platforms; high-cycle-life mechanisms or show-critical hardware.
• Familiarity with ROS 2 or machinery safety standards such as ISO 13849 or ISO 10218.
• Scripting ability in Python or MATLAB for analysis and test automation.

About Analog

Workplace

• Full-time, on-site role based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.