Senior Mechatronics Engineer — Hybrid (Remote 2 Days/Week)

Acorn Product Development, Inc.; Milpitas (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salaries

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental & vision insurance

Life insurance & disability

401k

Health care spending accounts

Company events

Job summary

Acorn Product Development, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer with strong project leadership to guide a team in designing innovative robotics and automation products from architecture through release.

The role requires a broad design background, hands-on system bring-up, and expertise in SolidWorks CAD and FEA. Onsite Newark, CA with a two-day-per-week remote option, collaborating across multiple offices.

Qualifications

• BSME required; MSME preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of technical system-level design experience from architecture to release to manufacturing.
• Project management experience leading cross-functional teams.
• Mechatronics expertise: motors, bearings, gear trains, belt drives, sensors.
• Experience with motion control hardware and encoders/limit switches.

Responsibilities

• Lead a mechanical engineering team designing products with multiple powered DOFs.
• Design, build and test systems and critical components.
• Brainstorm and compare product architectures against client metrics.
• Perform engineering analyses and tests from concept to production verification.
• Assist client to define specs, schedules and resources; manage budget and deliverables.

Skills

Project leadership

Mechatronics

Motion control

System integration

Thermal analysis

Materials selection

SolidWorks

FEA

Education

BSME

MSME

Tools

SolidWorks CAD

FEA

Job description

Acorn Product Development, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Mechanical Engineer with strong project leadership to guide a team in designing innovative robotics and automation products from architecture through release.

The role requires a broad design background, hands-on system bring-up, and expertise in SolidWorks CAD and FEA. Onsite Newark, CA with a two-day-per-week remote option, collaborating across multiple offices.