Senior Systems Engineer - Chassis (Robotics)

Location: Austin, TX — Onsite

Company

hirify.global develops AI-powered humanoid robots, including Apollo, for manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, home, and other applications.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain system-level requirements, specifications, and architecture for the humanoid robot chassis.
• Define interfaces across structural hardware, actuation, power, compute, controls, wiring, and thermal subsystems.
• Perform trade studies covering structural performance, weight, cost, manufacturability, reliability, and serviceability.
• Lead verification and validation activities, including load, fatigue, life, thermal, vibration, and shock testing.
• Coordinate prototype builds, design reviews, DFM/DFA reviews, supplier qualification, and production readiness.
• Drive structural health monitoring, diagnostics, root-cause failure analysis, and corrective actions.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in complex robotics systems or autonomous systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required; a master’s degree or PhD is preferred.
• Experience designing and integrating structural, mechanical, and electrical systems for dynamic robotics applications.
• Knowledge of structural mechanics, FEA, stress and fatigue analysis, materials, GD&T, DFM, and DFA.
• Experience with actuator, gearbox, drivetrain, wiring harness, cable routing, EMI, thermal management, and electromechanical chassis integration.
• Knowledge of robotics architecture, kinematics, dynamics, requirements traceability, reliability engineering, environmental sealing, and automated testing.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced, R&D-focused environment with expert engineers.
• Collaborate across mechanical, electrical, controls, AI, manufacturing, supply chain, and other functions.
• Contribute to bringing a humanoid robot from concept through deployment and scaled production.
• Direct-hire position; outside agency solicitations are not accepted.