Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.
We are looking for a Senior FEA Engineer to design, analyze, and test key hardware components for our humanoid.
Responsibilities:
Define and analyze load cases for our humanoid robot
Analyze full robot stiffness
Create finite element models to analyze falling, overload, durability and day to day operations
Optimize design of parts and structures for minimizing weight and maximizing stiffness
Work with mechanical team to develop FEA workflow and tutorials
Collaborate with mechanical, industrial design and electrical teams to architect the system
Test systems in the real world and compare against finite element models. Pay close attention to modeling of bearing and other OTS components
Collaborate with controls engineers to determine load profiles
Help define materials (metals, polymers and textiles) for critical robot components
Requirements:
Expert knowledge of solid mechanics
Expert in setting up and running implicit and explicit finite element analysis models
Experience modeling metals and polymers
Experience with durability analysis methods
Experience working with suppliers to characterize new polymers
Expert in ABAQUS
Bonus Qualifications:
CATIA V6 Experience
Experience with soft goods materials including textiles
Experience working with system level modeling and physics engines such as MuJoCo