Grant Gabrielson

Senior Mechanical Engineer @ 1X

About

Mechanical/robotics engineer building reliable robotic systems from clean sheet to production. I own mechanisms, tolerance stack-ups, DFMA, and validation—shipping designs that balance stiffness, mass, and serviceability. Past work spans humanoid subsystems, lab automation robots, and warehouse AMRs. Comfortable in CAD/FEA, test, and hands-on bring-up; I like closing loops fast with data and tight cross-functional collaboration.

Country

United States

City

San Francisco

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

Robotics, Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Mechanical Engineering, Android App Development, Design Engineering, Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Strategy, Engineering, Research, Process Automation, Industrial Engineering, Rapid Prototyping, Machine Learning, Testing, Continuous Improvement, SQL, Pandas (Software), TensorFlow, React

Experience

Senior Mechanical Engineer

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Palo Alto, California, United States

- Works on Joints & Body team designing Gamma, a safe humanoid for the home; directly responsible for scapula subsystem (architecture, CAD, GD&T/tolerance stack-ups, structural analysis (FEA), DFMA)

Hardware Engineer

Apple

2023-3 - 2025-7 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Cupertino, California, United States

-Designed robotic systems for touch validation (CAD, DFMA, mechanisms, actuation, reliability) -Took multiple systems from concept to production Awards: -2023 Hardware Technologies Unsung Hero for delivering a robotic system that closed a critical validation gap -2024 Innovation Summit Presenter

Mechatronics Engineer

Fulfil

2021-6 - 2023-3 · 1 yr 10 mos

Redwood City, California, United States

-As part of a small team, designed a mobile autonomous robot for use in an automated warehouse. Including data-driven specification creation, full CAD, assembly instructions, and bring up -Radically simplified the dispensing system: 14 components → 1 injection-molded piece with integrated flexures

Founder

Mobi Labs, LLC

2019-12 - 2021-5 · 1 yr 6 mos

United States

-Designed Mobi: The Snooze Proof Alarm Clock, including a mass-manufacturable PCB, pressure sensor system, and firmware -Programmed supporting APIs for Mobi, allowing users to set alarms and smart home automations via a web app. -Utilized various AWS services such as RDS, EC2, and lambda for easy scalability -https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/33587558/mobi-the-snooze-proof-alarm-clock?ref=ksr_YT

Education

The University of Alabama

Mechanical Engineering

2017-7 - 2021-5 · 3 yrs 11 mos

• Developed an EV recharging station route optimizer • Designed a Compact Tensegrity Robot (mass-shifting locomotion) • Designed and simulated a slot-die coating head for perovskite solar cells • Astrobotics mechanical team member responsible for regolith offloading system. Astrobotics competes in the NASA Robotic Mining Competition • Software Lead on the University of Alabama RoboSoft team