# Mechanical Engineer, Hand at Genki Robotics

- Company: Genki Robotics
- What the company does: Backed by a16z.
- Company website: https://genki.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Redwood City
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-13
- Apply by: 2026-11-27
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/genki/70d78c84-6783-4c34-8a49-350a4af3c451?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/genki-robotics-mechanical-engineer-hand/

## About the role

You will own the mechanical design of our dextrous hand, the subsystem that determines what our robots can actually do. You will take it from design through prototyping, testing, and production, working alongside electrical, firmware, and ML engineers. This is a hands-on role for an engineer energized by hard tradeoffs: torque density versus size, backdrivability versus stiffness, dexterity versus durability. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Track record designing precision electromechanical systems: robotics, surgical devices, prosthetics, drones, or similar
- Deep experience with miniature mechanisms: small-scale transmissions, bearings, and actuation in severely constrained packaging
- Fluent in SolidWorks (or equivalent), confident in producing production drawings, GD&T, and BOMs
- Strong fundamentals: mechanism design, structural mechanics, kinematics, materials, tolerancing
- You've taken at least one product from prototype to mass production and can talk about what broke and what you'd do differently
- Comfortable on the shop floor assembling, measuring, and debugging hardware

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/genki-robotics-mechanical-engineer-hand/