Mechatronics Engineer: Build Next-Gen Robotic Laser Hardware

Light Materials; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary, equity, and full

Job summary

Light Materials seeks engineers to turn concepts into working hardware for revolutionary machines. You’ll design, select components, fabricate, assemble, and test custom laser reactors and vacuum chambers alongside experts in materials science and process engineering.

You will own details from CAD drawings to wiring and tolerances, iterating quickly as you validate ideas on the bench and on the floor. This is a fast-moving, high-responsibility environment.

Qualifications

• B.S. or M.S. in mechanical, electrical, or mechatronic engineering or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Strong mechanical design fundamentals (CAD, simulation, design for fabrication).
• Fluency with practical electronics: wiring, soldering, and microcontroller programming.

Responsibilities

• Turn early concepts for unique machines into detailed, buildable designs.
• Own engineering that makes hardware work: component selection, CAD drawings, tolerances, wiring, assembly.
• Build, test, and iterate designs on bench and production floor with rapid feedback.

Skills

Mechanical design fundamentals

Wiring and electronics proficiency

Ownership and initiative

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

B.S. or M.S. in mechanical, electrical, or mechatronic engineering

Tools

CAD software

Simulation tools

PCB soldering

Job description

Light Materials seeks engineers to turn concepts into working hardware for revolutionary machines. You’ll design, select components, fabricate, assemble, and test custom laser reactors and vacuum chambers alongside experts in materials science and process engineering.

You will own details from CAD drawings to wiring and tolerances, iterating quickly as you validate ideas on the bench and on the floor. This is a fast-moving, high-responsibility environment.