Mechanical Engineer: Battery Design

Redmond, WA

Hardware

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At Meta, we’re building the future of human connection and the technology that enables it. This means continuously inventing and developing technologies for the next generation of experiences. To continue our efforts in the path to AGI, and as we move closer to a future with intelligent robots and advanced AI models, we're hiring talent across a broad range of disciplines from robotics hardware to system software, machine perception, and artificial intelligence. These crucial projects and initiatives taken on by this team have never been done before, so you have a rare opportunity to help us create new ways people connect around the world. The Meta Robotics Hardware team is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer with an emphasis on lightweight battery pack design, thermal management, performance testing, and bringing battery designs from concept to product release. This role will be part of a ME team responsible for consumer humanoid development at Meta. Candidates should be experienced working in a high ambiguity, ever evolving environment where full system requirements are seldom known. This team is dedicated to building hardware that enables learning through data collection and testing.

Mechanical Engineer: Battery Design Responsibilities

Mechanical engineering and packaging for lightweight, swappable battery technology. Reliability, safety, and weight are critical requirements

Planning and executing on performance, validation, endurance, and life cycle testing

Troubleshooting root-cause of mechanical failures, implementing improved designs, testing effectiveness of change

Lead CM’s and Scaling partners paving the way for high volume production when projects mature

Collaborate closely with reliability team to implement best practices for high-reliability mechanical and electrical design

Build subsystem test fixtures, design tests, create test plans, perform tests, measure and analyze data, and refine design assumptions

Collaboration: Work closely with a cross-functional team of engineers (EE, SW, Firmware) to deliver complete technical solutions

Design of battery docking and interface components

Design of other humanoid robot systems as needed

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years experience in Mechanical Design Engineering

BS degree or equivalent experience in Mechanical Engineering or a related field

Experience with lightweight custom battery development

Thermal management of battery and related electronics

Experience in DOE’s, performance, validation testing

Experience with SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX or similar CAD tools

Experience with prototyping manufacturing processes and materials

Experienced with managing time-sensitive projects through to completion while balancing evolving priorities and a broad range of stakeholders

Experience in tolerance analysis, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T)

Experience in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) - Static structural analysis, modal analysis

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Robotics and consumer electronic product design

Experience driving and leading projects from cradle to grave

About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

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$173,000/year to $245,000/year + bonus + equity + benefitsIndividual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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