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Apptronik is seeking a Senior Systems Engineer to lead the integration, development, and lifecycle management of the next-generation humanoid robot chassis for Apollo, their flagship AI-powered robot. The chassis serves as the structural and electromechanical backbone, integrating mechanical structure, actuation, power distribution, and controls.
In this role, you will own the full chassis engineering lifecycle from concept through deployment. Key responsibilities include developing and maintaining system-level requirements and specifications, implementing system architecture, defining interfaces between chassis and higher-level systems (actuation, power, compute, controls), and performing trade studies across structural performance, weight, cost, manufacturability, and reliability.
You will drive system integration efforts across mechanical structure, power distribution, wiring/harness, and thermal subsystems. This includes developing comprehensive verification and validation plans with structural load testing, fatigue and life testing, thermal characterization, and vibration/shock testing. You'll establish and track performance benchmarks including structural stiffness/strength margins, mass properties, thermal limits, ingress protection, and service life.
Cross-functional collaboration is central to the role. You will partner with mechanical, electrical, controls, AI, manufacturing, and supply chain teams. Additional responsibilities include supporting prototype builds, design reviews, DFM/DFA reviews, supplier selection and qualification for structural components, compliance and safety standards, real-time monitoring and structural health diagnostics, and root cause failure analysis.
Required qualifications include strong experience designing and integrating complex structural, mechanical, and electrical systems for real-time, dynamic robotics applications. You need deep expertise in structural mechanics (FEA, stress and fatigue analysis), materials selection (metals, composites, additive manufacturing), GD&T, and DFM/DFA for production hardware. Experience with actuator, gearbox, and drivetrain integration into structural chassis is essential, along with wiring harness design, cable management, EMI and thermal considerations.
You should have a proven track record bringing robotic and mechatronic hardware from prototype to production, including tolerance stack-up and manufacturing process selection. Knowledge of industrial design and safety standards for robotics, plus solid grasp of robotics architecture patterns, kinematics, and dynamics, is required. Excellent cross-functional communication skills are critical.
