Applied Intuition
Hardware Engineer, Mechatronics
$180K–$300K
Sunnyvale · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
About the job
Integrate and improve commercially available robots into reliable industrial autonomy and robot-learning systems, taking hardware from CAD and fabrication through installation and maintenance.
What you'll do
- Design and fabricate mounts, fixtures, adapters, and enclosures; integrate robot components, sensors, compute, power, and wiring.
- Develop retrofit kits through supplier coordination, assembly, validation, bills of materials, and installation documentation; support robot-cell safeguarding.
- Diagnose and repair hardware faults, recommission systems, and maintain lab procedures, fixtures, spares, and configuration records.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechatronics, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent.
- Designed, assembled, and deployed reliable mechatronic or robotic hardware.
- Strong CAD and hands-on experience with prototyping, fabrication, mechanical assembly, and design iteration.
- Experience with low-voltage power and electrical troubleshooting; writing test procedures, bills of materials, assembly instructions, and maintenance documentation.
Nice to have
- Experience integrating industrial arms, mobile manipulators, force and torque sensors, grippers, or dexterous hands.
- Experience with robot-cell safeguarding, safety-rated components, machinery risk assessment, teleoperation hardware, or familiarity with Python, ROS 2, or CAD-to-URDF workflows.
Pay
$180K – $300K USD base salary
Tools
Python, ROS 2, CAD-to-URDF
AI focus
Build and support hardware for a robot-learning platform that trains, evaluates, and deploys policies on real industrial robots.
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