Mechatronics Engineer: Industrial Automation & Field Ops

berkshiregrey; Bedford (MA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Berkshire Grey is seeking a hands-on Mechatronics Engineer to design, integrate, deploy, troubleshoot, and improve industrial automation systems. This role sits at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, controls, and field execution to create reliable, manufacturable robotic pick cells and supporting systems.

The candidate may specialize in controls, mechanical integration, field commissioning, or system‑level integration, with opportunities to grow across the mechatronics stack.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in designing, integrating, commissioning, troubleshooting, or supporting industrial automation equipment.
• Experience across mechanical, electrical, controls, networking, and software-adjacent issues.
• Ability to create clear technical documentation for designs, commissioning steps, test results, field issues, and corrective actions.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally; passport required.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, integration, and improvement of robotic pick cells and related industrial automation systems.
• Define cell layouts, subsystem interfaces, equipment requirements, controls interfaces, safety considerations, and manufacturing handoff needs.
• Design, integrate, and troubleshoot automation subsystems, including conveyors, motors, sensors, barcode scanners, IO-Link devices, load cells, scales, safety systems, PLCs, and related cell components.
• Develop interfaces between Berkshire Grey automation systems and customer facility equipment, including conveyor systems and third‑party controls.
• Develop, modify, debug, or support PLC‑based automation systems, including Siemens systems.
• Support safety system design, validation, troubleshooting, field verification, and related documentation.
• Support domestic and international installations, commissioning, acceptance testing, and field troubleshooting.
• Work with software, hardware, controls, manufacturing, and field teams to diagnose issues and improve throughput, reliability, serviceability, and repeatability.
• Create and maintain technical documentation for system designs, test procedures, commissioning steps, field issues, corrective actions, and manufacturing handoff.
• Support manufacturing handoff by documenting build requirements, assembly and test expectations, known issues, and production readiness feedback.
• For more experienced candidates: lead larger cell design or integration efforts, mentor other engineers, drive technical decisions, and help establish scalable engineering standards.

Skills

Mechatronics

Industrial automation

Controls integration

Python scripting

PLC-based automation

Siemens PLC

Field commissioning

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Tools

Siemens PLC

Python

IO-Link

Job description

Berkshire Grey is seeking a hands-on Mechatronics Engineer to design, integrate, deploy, troubleshoot, and improve industrial automation systems. This role sits at the intersection of mechanical, electrical, controls, and field execution to create reliable, manufacturable robotic pick cells and supporting systems.

The candidate may specialize in controls, mechanical integration, field commissioning, or system‑level integration, with opportunities to grow across the mechatronics stack.