Founding Mechatronics Engineer — Equity + Hardware Lead

Jack & Jill; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Merista, a Barcelona-based robotics company, is seeking a Founding Mechatronics Engineer to own the physical machine end-to-end. You will design and build hardware capable of operating in high-cadence, 2–4°C chilled environments, from end-effectors for fragile ingredients to hygienic enclosures for GPU compute.

This rare opportunity puts you at the forefront of hardware in a proven founding team. You will report to the CTO and lead hardware development from concept through production.

Qualifications

• Several years of experience designing electromechanical machines through to production.
• Expertise in mechanism design, sealing, and cycle-life arithmetic.
• Hands-on expertise in cobot integration and washdown/hygienic environments.
• Familiarity with European machinery safety standards ISO 10218 and EU 2023/1230.

Responsibilities

• Design custom end-tools and utensils for handling deformable, fragile, and irregular food ingredients at a target 3g accuracy within 3-6 second cycles.
• Engineer sealed enclosures for local GPU compute and complex sensor integration capable of withstanding daily high-pressure cleaning and continuous cold operation.
• Manage the complete hardware lifecycle, including component selection, BOM cost roll-ups, and building repeatable assembly processes for a small fleet.

Skills

Mechanism design

Sealing

Cobots

Washdown design

Hygienic environments

Lifecycle arithmetic

Job description

Merista, a Barcelona-based robotics company, is seeking a Founding Mechatronics Engineer to own the physical machine end-to-end. You will design and build hardware capable of operating in high-cadence, 2–4°C chilled environments, from end-effectors for fragile ingredients to hygienic enclosures for GPU compute.

This rare opportunity puts you at the forefront of hardware in a proven founding team. You will report to the CTO and lead hardware development from concept through production.