CAD Systems Engineer
17 hours ago
Stockport
Humanoid is the first AI and robotics company in the UK, creating the world’s most advanced, reliable, commercially scalable, and safe humanoid robots. Our first humanoid robot HMND 01 is a next-gen labour automation unit, providing highly efficient services across various use cases, starting with industrial applications. Our Mission At Humanoid we strive to create the world’s leading, commercially scalable, safe, and advanced humanoid robots that seamlessly integrate into daily life and amplify human capacity. Vision In a world where artificial intelligence opens up new horizons, our faith in its potential unveils a new outlook where, together, humans and machines build a new future filled with knowledge, inspiration, and incredible discoveries. The development of a functional humanoid robot underpins an era of abundance and well-being where poverty will disappear, and people will be able to choose what they want to do. We believe that providing a universal basic income will eventually be a true evolution of our civilization. Solution As the demands on our built environment rise, labour shortages loom. With the world’s workforce increasingly moving away from undesirable tasks, the manufacturing, construction, and logistics industries critical to our daily lives are left exposed. By deploying our general-purpose humanoid robots in environments deemed hazardous or monotonous, we envision a future where human well-being is safeguarded while closing the gaps in critical global labour needs. About the Role As Digital Engineering Tools & Platform Manager, you will own and evolve Humanoid’s engineering tooling ecosystem across mechanical, electrical, simulation, and robotics disciplines. This is a hands-on technical role focused on defining standards, enabling engineering velocity, and ensuring reliable data flow from CAD through simulation, robotics, and manufacturing.You will act as the Siemens NX (NXX) subject-matter authority, defining modelling best practices, methodologies, and automation patterns, while partnering closely with engineering leadership to scale effective ways of working. What You’ll Do • Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Simulation, and Controls Engineering teams, • The PLM Architect, who owns Teamcenter X configuration, data schema, and lifecycle governance, • IT and Platform teams, to ensure secure, performant, and scalable tooling environments, • The IT Director, to align engineering tooling strategy with company growth, • Engineering CAD & ECAD Platform Ownership, • Own the installation, configuration, and optimisation of Siemens NX (NXX) and Altium Designer for mechanical and electrical engineering teams., • Define and maintain NX modelling methodologies, templates, drafting standards, and reuse libraries., • Act as the NX best-practice authority and escalation point for modelling, assemblies, WAVE linking, parametrics, and performance., • Ensure tooling configuration supports consistent, scalable engineering practices rather than ad-hoc usage., • Digital Engineering & Robotics Integration, • Enable reliable CAD → simulation → robotics data pipelines across mechanical, electrical, and controls domains., • Support and guide engineers in generating and maintaining URDF-compatible robot models from NX., • Define workflows for geometry simplification, joint configuration, mesh preparation, and coordinate-system discipline., • Maintain and improve integration pipelines for Isaac Sim / Omniverse, including USD conversion, asset libraries, and validation practices., • Ensure consistency of kinematics, mass properties, and interfaces between CAD, simulation, and deployed robotic systems., • Automation & Engineering Velocity, • Develop and maintain automation scripts and tooling using NXOpen, Python, or equivalent to remove repetitive manual work., • Streamline engineering data flows from design through simulation and manufacturing., • Proactively identify friction points in the engineering toolchain and implement pragmatic improvements., • Enable engineers to move faster without sacrificing data quality or downstream reliability., • MCAD / ECAD Data & Release Enablement, • Define standards for MCAD–ECAD alignment, including housings, PCBs, connectors, harnessing, and subsystem integration., • Maintain governance over standard component libraries for both NX and Altium, in partnership with engineering leads., • Support design reviews, BOM validation, configuration control, and release-to-build workflows., • Deep, hands-on expertise in Siemens NX (NXX) within production engineering environments and strong experience on NX best practice., • Demonstrated experience defining and enforcing CAD methodologies and best practices, not just using the tool., • Strong understanding of top-down modelling, skeleton models, WAVE linking, parametric design, and assembly performance., • Experience integrating CAD data into simulation and robotics workflows (e.g. URDF, digital twins, kinematic models)., • Practical automation experience using NXOpen, Python, or similar, applied to real engineering problems., • Ability to work credibly with senior mechanical, electrical, and robotics engineers., • Comfortable operating in a fast-moving, scale-up environment — pragmatic, outcome-driven, and ownership-oriented., • Experience working alongside Teamcenter X or similar PLM platforms., • Exposure to Altium Designer and MCAD–ECAD collaboration workflows., • Familiarity with robotics simulation platforms such as Isaac Sim, Omniverse, or equivalent. What We Offer • Competitive salary plus participation in our Stock Option Plan., • Paid vacations., • Travel opportunities to our Vancouver and Boston offices., • Office perks: free lunches., • Freedom to influence the product and own key initiatives, • Collaboration with top‑tier engineers, researchers, and product experts in AI and robotics, • Startup culture prioritizing speed, transparency, and minimal bureaucracy.
