Advisory Engineer, Hardware HPSC

Advisory Mechanical / Hardware Engineer Ricoh USA — Boulder R&D About the Role Versatile hardware engineer for a small Boulder R&D team working across inkjet, robotics, machine vision, and renewable energy programs. You'll contribute to mechanical and electromechanical design from benchtop proof-of-concept through production hardware, including: A renewable energy program advancing next-generation solar cell manufacturing A UR-based collaborative palletizing system on a path to CE marking and contract manufacturing Continuous-feed inkjet inspection platforms and their expansion across our automation product roadmap When mechanical workload ebbs, you'll flex into software: Python and C++ for robotics, image processing, and high-throughput image processing pipelines. We're all-in on Claude Code for software and hardware work — comfort with agentic AI tooling is a real differentiator. What You'll Do Contribute to mechanical/electromechanical design end-to-end: idea → concept → POC → DVT → production hardware Design EOAT, base frames, electrical and pneumatic systems for robotics and automation Design industrial control panels, cable harnesses, and enclosures — component selection, circuit design, panel layout, routing, and grounding Scope and ship one-off / bespoke automation builds — purpose-built rigs and process automation where you own the design from ambiguous brief to working hardware Build robust optical/imaging fixtures (lighting, motion, alignment) for inline inspection systems Generate manufacturing-ready documentation: 3D CAD, electrical schematics, BOMs, assembly/work instructions, test protocols Partner with software/controls on integration: motion/vision triggers, sensor interfaces, PLC and robot controller communications Contribute to safety and certification work: risk assessment, Performance Level analysis, CE marking, EMC/LVD/RoHS, and US NRTL paths where applicable Flex into hardware-adjacent applied software when HW workload is light Required Qualif