Mechatronics Engineer

Motivo; California (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company-wide profit sharing

High-quality insurance plans

401k match

Generous paid vacation time

Monday-Thursday 4/10 work week

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in California seeks a Mechatronics Engineer who thrives on diverse challenges. This role offers you a chance to engage directly with project ideation, client interactions, and feature definition, ensuring you influence the product strategy significantly. Successful candidates will have competencies in multiple engineering disciplines, particularly electrical and mechanical fields. Enjoy competitive benefits like profit sharing, quality insurance, and a unique 4-day work week. Join us and help shape engineering solutions!

Qualifications

• Baseline proficiency in electrical, mechanical, and/or software engineering.
• Experience in hardware design, debugging, and firmware development.
• Knowledge in mechanism design, prototyping, and testing.

Responsibilities

• Own ideation and feature definition for engineering projects.
• Engage with clients and vendors throughout project life cycle.
• Collaborate in defining product strategy and shaping viable solutions.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Software engineering

Collaboration

Creativity

Tools

PCB design

Soldering

C/C++

API development

Job description

Motivo is a project‑based company delivering excellence in mechanical and electrical system design and prototype builds. We have a history in successfully taking concepts through to actual finished solutions. Our work spans a wide range of market segments including mobility/automotive, aerospace, robotics, and clean energy, to name a few. Every team member will experience a wide variety of challenging projects, offering rich opportunities for professional growth. We are passionate about solving complex engineering challenges, striving for excellence within every unique project constraint, and believe in having fun while we do it!

About the role

Motivo is looking for diverse Mechatronics Engineers to join our team as we work on some of the most interesting challenges in a variety of domains.

• An engineering role at Motivo means broad ownership and education. There are no “cogs in the machine” here. You’ll be responsible for ideation and feature definition, system level design, client and vendor relationships, and hands‑on hardware bring‑ups. You’ll have a seat at the table with CEOs/CTOs and have a voice to contribute to product strategy and viability. We are a premium engineering consultancy and our clients’ success depends on you being involved and shaping the big picture.

Qualifications

• Success at Motivo is largely driven by hard‑work, creativity, and collaboration. For mechatronics engineers, we expect baseline proficiency and/or professional experience within electrical, mechanical and/or software engineering.
• Within the electrical domain, your skillset may include hardware design (PCB, wire harness, electronic systems), hands‑on skills (debugging, bench testing, soldering), and/or firmware development (C/C++, controls, test scripting, version control).
• In mechanical engineering, we want to see capabilities in mechanism design (planning, modeling, verification), hands‑on skills (prototyping, fabrication, testing), and/or analysis (static, dynamic, thermal).
• Within software engineering, the best engineers will be able to write maintainable code that allows a system to perceive and interact with its environment (via embedded processor, PLC or computer system), interact with users (frontend development for mobile devices, local computers or web servers), or manage data on the backend (API dev, database management). Modeling and describing physical systems in mathematics and code is particularly useful in many robotics programs.
• In short, a successful mechatronics engineer at Motivo will be able to contribute meaningfully within at least two engineering disciplines. Everyone has a mix of experience, which we value, but we tend to look closely for people that get excited to learn new things and expand their skillset.

We’re convinced that the team and projects are hands down the best part of working at Motivo, but we also have some pretty sweet benefits including company‑wide profit sharing, high‑quality insurance plans, 401k match, generous paid vacation time, a Monday‑Thursday 4/10 work week and more!

• Base Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000
• Salary is dependent on experience, knowledge, and interview performance.