Senior Mechanical Engineer - Architectural Elements at Dexterity (Redwood City, CA)

Dexterity· Redwood City, CA· $150k–$190k·4d ago

Role details

Salary

$150k–$190k

Work type

Onsite

Job description

About Dexterity

At Dexterity, we’re building robotic automation systems to perform pick-place-pack tasks in warehouses. Our end-to-end automation systems use intelligent software to enable human-like dexterity in commodity robot arms. Such intelligent robots will deeply impact the logistics industry and help realize a step change in logistics automation and supply chain productivity. Dexterity is one of the fastest growing and best funded startups in the robot manipulation space. Come join our team of robot-obsessed engineers and help make intelligent robots a reality.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Why work at Dexterity

Cutting‑edge technology: Work on some of the hardest robotics and AI challenges for the largest businesses on Earth.
Real‑world impact: Robots are already in production – not just demos or pilots.
Culture & reviews: Employer rating 3.3/5 (50 reviews) with work‑life balance 3.0, compensation 3.1, culture 3.0, career 3.1. Mixed but not outstanding.
Work policy: Most roles appear to be on‑site (Redwood City, CA; Gardena, CA; Tracy, CA). No explicit remote/hybrid policy found; job postings list on‑site locations.
Engineering culture: Emphasis on safety, real‑world reliability, and pushing the boundaries of Physical AI. Talent drawn from Stanford, Tesla, Apple, Amazon, etc.
Notable perks: Opportunity to contribute to a world model used in production; involvement in the Foresight API Challenge.

About Dexterity

Company Overview

One-liner: Dexterity builds Physical AI and robotic systems that give industrial robots human-like dexterity for complex logistics and warehouse tasks, already deployed in production at major enterprises.
Entity Type: Private (Series C‑II)
Headquarters: Redwood City, California, USA
Founded: 2017
Founders: Samir Menon (CEO)

Core Business

Primary industries: Robotics, Physical AI, logistics automation, warehousing, supply chain operations, e‑commerce, parcel, retail, and aviation.
Target customers: B2B – large enterprises in logistics, warehousing, and material handling.
Mission / purpose: To deliver world‑changing robotics that automate repetitive tasks, allowing human workers to focus on higher‑level cognitive work.

Products & Services

Mech: An industrial superhumanoid robot with dual‑arm coordination, advanced vision, and an omnidirectional drivetrain. Capable of lifting up to 30 kg per arm (60 lbs top pick, 12 kg side pick) and operating in rugged conditions (0–50 °C, up to 90% humidity). Handles truck loading/unloading, palletizing, and depalletizing. Achieves ~400 boxes/hour loading (vs. industry average of ~300 boxes/hour). Type: Hardware + AI software.
Foresight: A world model for Physical AI, trained on over 100 million autonomous actions in production. Enables long‑horizon reasoning and real‑time decision‑making. Opened to the community via the Foresight API Challenge in 2026. Type: AI software / API.
Other robotic systems: Full‑stack robotics for loading, unloading, sorting, and other complex manipulations in unpredictable environments. Type: Hardware + software.

Market Standing

Valuation / Market Cap: Not publicly disclosed.
Key Metric: Annual Revenue ~$13.5 M (2026 estimate, per LinkedIn). Total funding: conflicting reports – $396.11 M (per CB Insights) vs. $291.2 M (per LinkedIn). Both figures cited as conflicting.
Notable Investors: Lightspeed, Matter Venture Partners, Sumitomo, Obvious Ventures, B37 Ventures, and at least 14 other investors (CB Insights). Also strategic partnership with Kawasaki Robotics.
Growth Signals:
- Named one of Business Insider’s 25 most promising robotics startups of 2026.
- Headcount: 129 employees across 6 countries (US, India, Japan, Taiwan, France, Italy). Job postings up 20% year‑over‑year.
- Zero safety incidents reported in production.
- Over 100 million autonomous actions in production.
- Partnership with Kawasaki Robotics announced in June 2026.

Competitive Advantages

Production‑proven Physical AI: Robots run full shifts at the world’s largest logistics companies with zero safety incidents.
Foresight world model: A transactable world model built for long‑horizon reasoning – a differentiator vs. competitors that rely on simpler reactive systems.
Human‑like dexterity: Dual‑arm coordination and advanced vision handle edge cases that stop competing solutions.
Safety‑first approach: Emphasized on their website and backed by a clean safety record.

Strategic Focus

Expanding into new verticals: Moving beyond logistics into aviation (e.g., Customer Success Manager for Aviation Robotics role) and retail.
Open‑sourcing AI capabilities: The Foresight API Challenge invites the community to build on their world model.
Deepening enterprise partnerships: Collaboration with Kawasaki Robotics to combine trusted hardware with Dexterity’s Physical AI.
Scaling production deployments: Continued hiring of field engineers, site operations managers, and technical program managers.

Sources

dexterity.ai – Company website, product descriptions, Foresight, safety claims.
jobs.lever.co/dexterity – Careers page, job postings, location info.
cbinsights.com – Funding rounds, total raised ($396.11M), investors, founded year, product details.
linkedin.com/company/dexterityinc – Revenue ($13.5M), headcount (129), funding ($291.2M), locations, reviews, recent hiring trends, partnership announcement.
go.dexterity.ai/resources – About page, mission, application instructions.

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