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Mechanical Engineering Intern

Sanctuary AI8 days ago
Vancouver
Junior

About the role

Who you are

  • The best candidates for this role have excellent problem-solving skills and hands-on experience with building robotic or mechatronic systems
  • Pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics Engineering or graduated within the last two years
  • Experience using OnShape or another CAD tool
  • Experience with complex mechanical or mechatronic systems
  • Excellent practical skills, including assembly, soldering, and use of hand/power tools
  • Ability to manage and utilize 3D printers
  • Knowledge of electrical circuits and components
  • Foundational skills in coding and data analysis
  • Experience with mechanical component selection
  • Experience with engineering drawings
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
  • Excellent organizational and process documentation skills
  • Above all else, a consistently positive attitude and a willingness to do whatever it takes to create robust solutions to complex problems
  • Eager to take on new challenges with tenacity and positivity
  • Patience, persistence, and attention to detail when resolving performance issues
  • A passion for engineering and building things
  • Enthusiasm for bringing human-like intelligence to machines

What the job involves

  • Reporting to the Robotics lead, you’ll gain a comprehensive understanding of our cycle testing, mechatronics, and mechanical engineering activities
  • Ultimately, you’ll be a valued resource as you support the design/build process of our robotic systems, collaborate with other teams to test multiple components, and maintain and update prototype hardware features
  • You'll bring hands-on experience in understanding and designing our robotics hardware, printing experimental parts, devise and carry out testing, and present results/suggest improvements
  • Gain cutting edge career experience as you design and build cycle testing hardware, work with engineers to create a test plan, write cycle testing software, analyze and organize test data, and work on streamlining and modularizing testing setup
  • Achieve company-wide visibility as you partner with leaders and engineers to improve our robotics hardware, and participate in a variety of impactful robotics and hardware related projects projects
  • Expand your engineering skills as you work on mechanical and mechatronics design, drawings, BOMs, testing, manufacturing, assembly instructions, and more

About Sanctuary AI

Software Development
51-200

Sanctuary is on a mission to create the world’s first human-like intelligence in general-purpose robots that will help us work more safely, efficiently, and sustainably. And in the not-too-distant future, help us explore, settle, and prosper in outer space.

Members of the Sanctuary team founded D-Wave (a pioneer in the quantum computing industry), Kindred (first use of reinforcement learning in a production robot), and the Creative Destruction Lab (pioneered a revolutionary method for the commercialization of science for the betterment of humankind). The team has experience launching market-defining innovations rooted in previously unsolved and deep scientific problems.