menlo - Industrial Designer
Requirements
• Experience designing for humanoid or legged robots, cobots, or other electromechanical systems • Exposure to DFM/DFA review processes in a high-mix low-volume manufacturing context • Familiarity with sim or CAD-driven design workflows • Interest in or understanding of open-source hardware communities
Responsibilities
• Develop the industrial design vision for Asimov and Menlo hardware products, including form, proportion, ergonomics, and CMF • Translate engineering constraints and functional requirements into design concepts that are both manufacturable and visually coherent • Produce high-fidelity 3D models, renderings, and physical prototypes to communicate and test design intent • Partner with mechanical engineering on DFM (design for manufacturing) reviews, tolerance stack-ups, and assembly sequencing to catch design issues before tooling • Own the CMF specification process -- material selection, surface finish standards, color systems, and supplier engagement • Contribute to user-facing documentation, packaging, and unboxing experience for Asimov kits and development hardware • Maintain design consistency across the Menlo hardware product family as the portfolio expands • Degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, or a related discipline • 4 or more years of experience shipping physical products -- consumer electronics, robotics, medical devices, or similarly complex hardware • Strong proficiency in 3D modeling tools (Alias, Rhino, SolidWorks, or equivalent) and rendering software (KeyShot or similar) • Working knowledge of manufacturing processes: injection molding, sheet metal, die casting, surface finishing • Experience collaborating directly with mechanical engineers and contract manufacturers in an iterative development environment • Portfolio demonstrating a consistent design sensibility applied to technically constrained products
Benefits
• You will be the person who decides what Asimov looks like to the world. That is a rare brief at this stage of a company, and it comes with the autonomy to match. You will work on a product that is technically ambitious, publicly visible, and genuinely consequential -- with a small team that moves fast and takes the craft seriously. • You don't need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect everyone at Menlo to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement. When that's the case, we'll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don't treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on. • Equal Opportunity and Accommodations
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