Mechatronics Robotics Engineer - Build, Validate & Scale Hardware

Red Dog Capital, LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Equity

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Mach Industries in San Francisco is seeking an Engineer to join our team focused on robotics and mechatronics, developing consumer products from ideation to deployment. The role emphasizes ownership, fast iteration, and hands-on hardware development within a startup-like environment.

You will lead mechanical design decisions, guide from concept through validation, and collaborate with electrical, software, and manufacturing teams to deliver scalable, production-ready hardware.

Qualifications

• Foundational understanding of mechatronics, mechanism design, kinematics and dynamics.
• Demonstrated hands-on turning ideas into hardware, bridging theory and practicality.
• Experience taking ambiguous, open-ended problems and creating workable design with minimal oversight.
• An intrinsic curiosity about hard problems and the motivation to learn unfamiliar systems.
• Ability to lead reviews, influence cross-functional teams, and convey risks and solutions clearly.
• Experience making design decisions around 3D CAD, 2D drawings, material selection, and manufacturability.

Responsibilities

• Make early technical and design decisions, from part selection through tradeoffs to ensure we can build and manufacture at scale.
• Anticipate challenges in actuation, kinematics, sensor integration and embedded controls to keep the team moving forward.
• Contribute to test plans, technical documentation, and engineering reviews.
• Validate design and iterate hardware based on performance feedback.
• Build proof-of-concept designs, run experiments, and communicate findings.

Skills

Mechatronics

Hands-on hardware

Ambiguity handling

Curiosity

Cross-functional leadership

3D CAD

Manufacturability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in EE/ME/CS/Robotics

Job description

Mach Industries in San Francisco is seeking an Engineer to join our team focused on robotics and mechatronics, developing consumer products from ideation to deployment. The role emphasizes ownership, fast iteration, and hands-on hardware development within a startup-like environment.

You will lead mechanical design decisions, guide from concept through validation, and collaborate with electrical, software, and manufacturing teams to deliver scalable, production-ready hardware.