The Role
Design and integrate electrical and mechanical systems for humanoid robots; rapidly prototype and iterate; assemble/disassemble and document hardware; collaborate with software and simulation teams; use CAD and embedded/firmware tools; troubleshoot BLDC actuators, CANbus, and lithium battery systems.
Summary Generated by Built In
For summer of 2026.
Note: We will provide a housing stipend but not relocation assistance.
What You’ll Do
- Design and integrate electrical and mechanical systems.
- Work with cutting edge humanoid robots in real deployments.
- Rapidly prototype, and iterate based on changing demands.
- Collaborate with software and simulation teams to meet their needs.
What We’re Looking For
- Experience with electromechanical systems or robotics.
- Excellent mechanical intuition, you understand how things move, fail, and improve.
- Experience with hand tools and disassembly, assembly, and documentation of systems.
- Skills in CAD and embedded systems.
- Strong hands-on engineering and troubleshooting ability.
- A portfolio and/or an independent project or 2 would be ideal to display real skills and end to end management of a project.
- Experience with CAD software specifically Fusion360, KiCAD, and the .urdf format.
- Experience with typical humanoid systems (BLDC actuators, CANbus, lithium based batteries).
Why This Role
- Direct impact on company results.
- Getting experience with cutting edge systems.
- Learn a variety of prototyping methods and end to end project ownership.
The base pay range for this role is $4,000 – $10,000 per month.
Skills Required
- Experience with electromechanical systems or robotics.
- Excellent mechanical intuition (understand how things move, fail, and improve).
- Experience with hand tools and disassembly, assembly, and documentation of systems.
- Skills in CAD and embedded systems.
- Strong hands-on engineering and troubleshooting ability.
- Portfolio and/or independent project(s) demonstrating end-to-end project management.
- Experience with Fusion360, KiCAD, and the .urdf format.
- Experience with humanoid systems (BLDC actuators, CANbus, lithium-based batteries).
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The Company
What We Do
Yondu AI is a robotics engineering firm that develops an embodied AI platform for warehouse automation. They provide drop-in, general-purpose robots that can perform logistics tasks such as bin picking, stocking, and shelf-facing. The company aims to automate high-turnover labor, reduce operating costs, and increase efficiency for third-party logistics providers and warehouses using advanced robot learning and teleoperation software.
