Mechatronics Engineer

Motivo 36; California (MO); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Generous vacation time

4/10 work week

Profit-sharing bonuses

High-quality insurance

Job summary

Motivo 36 is seeking diverse Mechatronics Engineers in the United States to tackle challenging problems across domains. You will own ideation, define features, and contribute to system-level design, while engaging with clients and vendors.

You’ll help shape product strategy and bring hardware to life with leadership involvement. Ideal candidates will work across at least two engineering disciplines, with hands‑on hardware bring‑ups and firmware or software development experience.

Qualifications

• Mechatronics engineers should have baseline proficiency across electrical, mechanical and/or software engineering.
• Capability to contribute in at least two engineering disciplines.
• Hands-on hardware bring‑ups, debugging, testing, and embedded/controls or software development will be valued.

Responsibilities

• Own ideation and feature definition with system‑level design responsibilities.
• Manage client and vendor relationships and drive hardware bring‑ups.
• Contribute to product strategy and viability at the table with leadership.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Mechanical engineering

Software engineering

Tools

PCB design

Firmware development

Job description

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.

Benefits

We’re convinced that the team and the projects are hands‑down the best part of working at Motivo. To support that, we offer a solid benefits package including high‑quality insurance, a 401(k) match, generous vacation time, and our Monday–Thursday 4/10 work week. We offer profit‑sharing bonuses, which are tied to overall company performance, because we believe in winning together; we’re transparent about the company’s numbers, and when our hard work drives financial success, employees may share in the upside.

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