Robotics Hardware & Supplier Engineering Intern (2026 Fall)

Anyware Robotics builds general-purpose mobile manipulator robots for industrial applications. The Robotics Hardware & Supplier Engineering Intern will engage in hands-on hardware engineering, designing and validating components for the Pixmo robot while collaborating with suppliers to ensure manufacturability. This role offers a unique opportunity to blend engineering design with supplier-facing technical work.

What you'll do:

• Design and prototype mechanical components for next-generation Pixmo robots in SolidWorks
• Build, test, debug, and validate across a wide range of systems: servo motors, robotic arms and end effectors, battery and power systems, vacuum systems, sensors, and actuators
• Optimize designs for performance, durability, manufacturability, and cost
• Work with suppliers to turn engineering designs into manufacturable, validated prototypes and components — from requirements and DFM feedback through milestones and final validation
• Evaluate suppliers' real manufacturing capabilities — CNC machining, sheet metal, weldments, battery assembly — and use that knowledge to decide what's buildable, by whom, at what cost
• Co-design innovative products with suppliers that don't exist on the market: deep-dive into a technology (battery chemistry and charging strategy, motor systems, vacuum components), learn directly from the supplier's engineers, and educate the team back at Anyware
• Use AI to develop any tool you want to build yourself — automated quoting, procurement workflows, inventory intelligence, or whatever makes your own work run faster

What they're looking for:

• Pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field
• Fluent in Mandarin Chinese — spoken and written — for supplier communication
• Hands-on experience with SolidWorks (parts, assemblies, drawings)
• Genuine interest in both engineering and supplier-facing technical work — this role is deliberately hybrid
• Systematic, methodological thinking — you break problems down and work through them with structure
• Independent, critical thought — you question assumptions, dig for root causes, and form your own opinions
• The willingness to speak up — you share ideas confidently, including in front of senior leaders, and push back when something doesn't make sense
• Ownership, curiosity, and adaptability matter more than any single line on a resume
• Hands-on experience with robot manipulation
• Gripper design and/or development experience
• Mobile base design and/or development experience
• Prior involvement in heavy-duty robotics platforms or applications

Benefits:

• Daily meal
• Per diem
• Unlimited snacks and beverages in the office