Mechanical / Mechatronics Engineer (Early Career), Hardware

present of AI; Lausanne; On-site; CHF 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Adaptyv Bio is seeking a Mechanical / Mechatronics Engineer (Early Career) to design and build custom parts, mounts and enclosures, wire sensors and motors, and drive projects from CAD to a lab-ready installation.

You will work in an AI-enabled lab where hardware runs with minimal supervision, applying root-cause analysis and hands-on skills to ensure reliable operation and iterative improvements.

Qualifications

• Mechanical, mechatronics or robotics degree.
• Real build experience from thesis, student team or personal project.
• Habit of tracing faults to root cause.

Responsibilities

• Design and build custom parts, mounts and enclosures; integrate sensors and motors.
• Take each project from CAD to a working install in the lab.

Skills

CAD design

Prototype building

Wiring systems

Root-cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Mechatronics/Robotics

Tools

CAD software

3D printing

Machining basics

Job description

Mechanical / Mechatronics Engineer (Early Career), Hardware

This is a hands-on hardware role for someone early in their career who likes building physical things. The work covers designing and building custom parts, mounts and enclosures, wiring in sensors and motors, and taking each project from CAD to a working install in the lab. A strong candidate brings a mechanical, mechatronics or robotics degree plus real build experience from a thesis, student team or personal project, and the habit of tracing a fault to its root cause.

How it fits the AI era

The lab is meant to be used by AI agents, so the hardware has to run for long stretches with little human help. AI tools may speed up design, troubleshooting and assay development, but someone still has to make machines move, fit and hold up in the physical world. Judgment about reliability, safe workshop practice and fixing what breaks stays with people.

How it builds AI experience

The role offers close exposure to how AI-designed proteins get tested in a real, automated lab, where software, instruments and biology meet. Working beside automation and software teams shows how physical equipment gets turned into something controllable by code. Picking up basic Python and learning how sensor data feeds monitoring would build useful AI-era skills.

Worth showing

• CAD projects taken to working parts
• Student team or robotics builds
• 3D printing and basic machining

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About Adaptyv Bio

An automated lab that tests AI-designed proteins, so researchers can send a sequence and get real experimental data back.