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# Mechanical Engineer, AI Data Collection at Cobot

- **Company:** Cobot
- **Location:** Santa Clara, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cobot/f060d83e-3b73-4a41-b8e1-c19359d572b4

## Job description

Collaborative Robotics is seeking an early-career Mechanical Engineer to keep our robot data collection systems running. You will own the day-to-day health of our teleoperation and data collection rigs, working hands-on across mechanical hardware, cabling, basic electrical, and light software. This role sits on the core mechanical engineering team, with a path to grow into robot development work across our hardware programs. Join us to reimagine the future of human-robot interaction.

Collaborative Robotics is a team of innovators and builders redefining the future of human-robot interaction. We are working to realize a world where robots are a trusted extension of your surroundings. They work, adapt, and react around you. Not the other way around.

This role is located onsite at our Santa Clara, CA headquarters.

Key Responsibilities:

- Keep the data collection rig fleet healthy and running, including teleoperation leader/follower setups, fixtures, and supporting hardware.
- Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, and cabling issues quickly to minimize downtime for the data collection team.
- Build, modify, and improve rigs and fixtures using 80/20 framing, machined and printed parts, brackets, mounts, and cable management.
- Track recurring failures and drive improvements back into rig design and spares strategy.
- Support bring-up of new rigs and workcells as data collection scales.
- Partner with the data collection program manager and technicians to prioritize repairs and improvements.
- Take on mechanical design tasks with the core engineering team as you grow, supporting robot development programs.

Minimum Qualifications:

- BS in Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience building or maintaining electromechanical hardware. Internships, research labs, and robotics competition experience count.
- Comfortable with hand tools, basic electrical troubleshooting, connectors, and cabling.
- Working proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks or similar).
- Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team.
- Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Willing to occasionally travel.
- Must have and maintain US work authorization.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Demonstrated passion for robotics through personal projects, FIRST or similar competitions, or research work.
- Experience with robot arms, teleoperation setups, or motion systems.
- Basic scripting ability (Python or similar) for debugging and small tools.
- Experience soldering, crimping, and repairing cable assemblies.
- Familiarity with rapid prototyping (3D printing, laser cutting, basic machining).

The annual base salary range for this position is $140,000- $160,000 base plus equity and comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision plans, 401(k) plan, unlimited paid vacation time, paid sick leave, and parental leave. Our salary ranges are determined by role and experience level. The range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position in the noted geographic area. Within the range, individual pay is determined by additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Cobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let your recruiter know.

To all recruitment agencies: Collaborative Robotics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our employees. Collaborative Robotics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

## About Cobot

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Cobot (Collaborative Robotics) builds practical collaborative robots (cobots) designed to work safely alongside people in real-world environments, starting with its flagship robot, Proxie.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Santa Clara, California, United States (secondary office in Seattle, WA)
- **Founded**: 2022
- **Founders**: Brad Porter (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Automation Machinery Manufacturing, Robotics, Healthcare logistics
- **Target customers**: B2B – Enterprise and mid-market customers in healthcare, logistics, and facility management
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To build a new robotic future. A future where robots are a trusted extension of your surroundings. They work, adapt, and react around you. Not the other way around."

## Products & Services
- **[Proxie](https://www.co.bot/)**: A mobile collaborative robot designed for material handling, asset tracking, and facility management in complex, human-centric spaces. Hardware with embedded AI and predictable behaviors.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Total Funding**: $140M (Seed: $10M, June 2022; Series A: $30M, July 2023; Series B: $100M, April 2024)
  - **Annual Revenue**: ~$250K (early-stage, pre-revenue at scale)
  - **Employees**: ~132 (as of mid-2026), growing +103% YoY
- **Notable Investors/Partners**:
  - Neo (Seed lead)
  - Sequoia Capital (Series A lead)
  - General Catalyst (Series B lead)
  - Bison Ventures, Industry Ventures, Lux Capital (Series B participants)
  - Advisor: Teresa Carlson (former AWS executive)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Public launch of Proxie in November 2024
  - Rapid headcount growth (+103% YoY)
  - Talent sourced from Amazon Robotics, Meta, Tesla, Apple
  - Featured in AWS CEO keynote (2024)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Founding team with deep robotics expertise** – Founded by Brad Porter, who helped scale Amazon Robotics to over 500,000 robots.
- **Empathy-first design philosophy** – Robots that react to people, not vice versa, enabling safe deployment in crowded, dynamic environments without cages.
- **Full-stack ownership** – In-house hardware, AI, safety systems, and software platform.

## Strategic Focus
- **Healthcare and logistics** – Targeting high-value use cases like hospital material transport and warehouse collaboration.
- **Scaling field deployment** – Building professional services and strategic account teams to support enterprise customers.
- **Safety certification** – Actively hiring Staff Certification Lead and Staff Software Engineer, Safety to meet rigorous industry standards.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: "One without egos. Driven by empathy. With collaboration at its core." Emphasis on mission-driven work and cross-functional teamwork.
- **Work policy**: In-office (Seattle and Santa Clara offices). No remote or hybrid options listed for most roles.
- **Notable perks/engineering culture**:
  - Cutting-edge tech stack: Python, TypeScript, PyTorch, TensorFlow, ROS, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
  - Strong safety engineering focus – unique opportunity to shape the safety paradigm in collaborative robotics.
  - Small but rapidly growing team (132 people) with high ownership and impact.
  - Alumni have gone to Google, Meta, Apple, Stack AV, Zipline – signaling a pedigree robotics talent pool.

## Sources
1. [co.bot (Official Website)](https://www.co.bot/)
2. [Cobot LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/co-bot)
3. [Built In – Cobot Profile](https://builtin.com/company/cobot)
4. [LeadIQ – Cobot Company Overview](https://leadiq.com/c/cobot---collaborative-robotics-inc/6398f5ce99142b48fd4f4cd7)
5. [Ashby – Cobot Careers Page](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/cobot)

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