Mechanical Engineer
- Level
- Mid
- Work type
- On-site · Boston
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 3 October 2026.
About the role
About Generalist
Generalist's standard text
At Generalist, we are on a mission to build general intelligence for the physical world and make it useful to everyone. We believe the industries and homes of the future will depend on humans and machines working together in new ways. Robots can help us build more and get more done.
We build embodied foundation models, starting with a focus on dexterity. This requires advancing the frontiers of data, models, and hardware, to enable robots to intelligently interact with the physical world.
The company embraces both large-scale AI and robotics as core to its DNA. Our team of researchers, roboticists, and company builders come from OpenAI, Boston Dynamics, Google DeepMind, and other frontier labs—with a track record of shipping AI breakthroughs. Before Generalist, we pioneered large embodied multimodal models and vision-language-action models (PaLM-E, RT-2, Gemini Robotics), launched and scaled ChatGPT and GPT-4 to hundreds of millions of users, engineered the foundations of autonomous driving, built next-generation robots (Atlas, Spot, Stretch) and pushed the limits of what they can do (from parkour to manipulation, and testing robustness).
We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.
We’re hiring hardware engineers that can advance our goals of developing grippers, sensors, and robotic systems capable of dexterous manipulation that is robust, capable, and precise.
Responsibilities
- Develop wearable data collection devices capable of dexterous manipulation, from concept design through mass-production.
- Design and manufacture robot hands that include custom structures, actuators, as well as integration of cameras, IMUs, encoders, and additional sensors.
- Perform trade studies to evaluate various actuator, robot, and sensor implementations.
- Lead engagements with external vendors to manufacture components, assemblies, or to multiply IC efforts.
- Integrate COTS and custom robotic arms, robot stands, mobile bases, robotic hands, sensors, and end effectors.
- Test designs for functionality, robustness, and compliance with key standards
- Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team that includes ML, controls, perception, operations, mechanical, electrical and hardware engineers; as well as a business development team to define product requirements, timelines, and dynamically set priorities.
Desired Qualifications
- Strong experience in design of tightly integrated electro-mechanical systems
- Fluency in CAD modeling (Solidworks), PDM, FEA, and physics-driven analysis
- Leadership in driving a project from conceptual design through mass production
- Injection molding, overmolding, machining, additive manufacturing, actuator assembly, and/or electronics manufacturing experience is beneficial.
- 10+ years of education/experience in relevant mechanical / electro-mechanical design
- Strong communication skills, and a commitment to building a respectful and collaborative environment
What this role asks for
Particular to this role
FEA · SolidWorks
Rare in Generalist's other 10 open postings.
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The team: Technical Staff HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 10 open in Technical Staff. 1 was posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in February: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Embedded Systems (3 of 10), Python (3 of 10), AWS (2 of 10), C++ (2 of 10), Kubernetes (2 of 10), Machine Learning (2 of 10), React (2 of 10)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Software Engineer: Frontend posted Oct 9
- Data Partnerships posted Aug 31
- Electrical Engineer posted Jul 22
- Robot Science Ops posted Mar 24
- Software Engineer: Robotics Controls posted Feb 12
- Software Engineer: ML Optimization posted Feb 12
- Software Engineer: ML Infra posted Feb 12
- Software Engineer: Infrastructure posted Feb 12
- Software Engineer: Product posted Feb 12
From the team and dates on Generalist's own job board.
Salary context
87 other open postings titled Mechanical Engineer state a salary: median USD 105,000 to USD 150,000 a year.
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