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Mechatronics Engineer

InnateMechanical
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On-site
Full Time
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Mid

Bay Area, CA at a glance

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$2,680/mo+46% vs US avg
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What you need

  • Experience building and shipping mechatronics products
  • PCB design and high-speed digital/power electronics
  • CAD and rapid prototyping skills
  • Embedded C firmware development
  • C/Python software debugging

What you'll do

  • Design and build electronics, mechanics, and firmware systems
  • Lay out PCBs for robot platforms
  • Design mechanical parts for consumer robots
  • Write embedded C firmware for microcontrollers
  • Collaborate with team and focus on customer needs

Who we are

Before the PC, there used to be a time where computing was locked inside big corporations. But thanks to hackers of Silicon Valley, everyone now has a computer and can develop for it.

The same should happen for robotics. We're building a platform that makes it accessible: the PC of robotics. An intuitive, open, affordable general-purpose robot for everyone.

If you're going to work on something crazy hard, it might as well matter. We're a small team that cares: about the problem, about the people using our robots, and about building a product that will still mean something years from now. We are our own users.

What we're looking for

A generalist mechatronics engineer who has built and shipped before and feels confident working on a mass consumer product.

This role covers a lot of ground. On any given day you might be laying out a PCB, designing a mechanical part, and writing firmware. If your ideal job is owning one narrow thing and perfecting it over years, we're probably not a fit. If that description sounds limiting to you, keep reading.

The core stuff that actually excites us:

  • PCB design, high-speed digital and power electronics

  • CAD & rapid prototyping.

  • Firmware: embedded C, microcontrollers

  • Software: You can code and debug in C / Python

Things that we prefer to see:

  • Experience with manufacturing processes — CNC machining, sheet metal, injection molding

  • You've touched RF or high-speed signal integrity work

  • You've ordered parts, managed a BOM, navigated a supply chain

  • FPGAs are a real bonus

DO NOT censure yourself if you don't meet all of these requirements, we look for fast-learners more than anything else.

The kind of person you are

•⁠ ⁠You are energized by hard problems, not intimidated by them
•⁠ ⁠You are driven to build things for the real world
•⁠ ⁠Who you're building with with matters as much as what you're building
•⁠ ⁠You value dynamism, new problems every week

What you'll work on

Designing and building the physical systems that make our robots work — electronics, mechanics, firmware, and everything in between. Think about and design the product, with the rest of the team, and stay close to customers' needs.

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About Innate

We make personal AI robots - general-purpose physical machines that anyone can program with code, language and demonstrations. We believe building open platforms like the first PCs this is the only way to bring the robotics future that we all want, where everyone can participate in the robotics revolution.

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