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Lead mechanical design and ownership for a humanoid robotics platform, spanning actuators, battery, embedded electronics, structures, and harnessing. Drive design for manufacturability, reliability, cost, and performance; mentor engineers; define architecture and collaborate with AI, software, electrical, and manufacturing teams to scale production.

Lead software bring-up and integration for robot hardware, develop and maintain automated and HIL test frameworks, validate firmware/middleware/control modules, execute functional/performance tests across robotic subsystems, and collaborate with mechanical, electrical, and software teams to debug and document procedures for continuous testing and deployment.

Develop and run comprehensive test plans and automated test frameworks for humanoid robots and subsystems. Perform functional, regression, stress, HIL and field testing; troubleshoot and document defects; collaborate with mechanical, electrical, software, and AI teams; ensure safety standard compliance; and maintain test infrastructure, benches, simulations, and records to improve product reliability.

Lead Foundation's communications and brand narrative across technical and mainstream audiences. Build cohesive storytelling across product, design, interfaces, and media. Partner with AI, robotics, hardware, and software teams to craft emotionally resonant, technically accurate stories that drive virality, investor confidence, and talent attraction.

Lead mechanical design of high-performance rotary actuators across concept, prototyping, testing, validation, and production. Optimize torque density, efficiency, packaging, reliability, and manufacturability while collaborating with motor, controls, electronics, and manufacturing teams.

Lead technical evaluations for custom inference chips in robotics, analyze bottlenecks, define architecture, and guide RTL prototyping while delivering reports with strategic recommendations.

Develop, optimize, and maintain embedded systems for humanoid robots, focusing on seamless hardware and software integration and AI-driven control strategies.

Lead the development of embedded systems for autonomous vehicles, integrating sensors, software, and hardware while ensuring safety and performance standards.

Intern will design and iterate custom robotic finger and hand mechanisms using CAD and hands-on fabrication, perform tolerance analysis and basic FEA, address tendon routing and linkage geometry, and validate prototypes. Work includes motion studies, material and contact considerations, and collaborating across mechanical, control, and sensor teams.

Assemble, test, and bring up humanoid robotic subsystems and full systems; interpret drawings and wiring diagrams; troubleshoot electromechanical issues; support prototyping, validation, documentation (BOMs, work instructions), and partner with supply chain and operations.