Senior Mechatronics Engineer - Robotics, Stock Options

Planted Solar; Oakland, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

In-office lunches

Stock options

Benefits package

401(k)

Climate impact role

Job summary

Planted Solar is building next‑gen hardware for autonomous solar robotics in a fast‑growing climate tech startup. You will join the Hardware Engineering team to design and bring up machines, robots, and complex systems from concept to production.

You will collaborate with engineers on system architecture, power/control electronics, and robot software, delivering robust, scalable hardware solutions with hands‑on testing and calibration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics, electrical, robotics, mechanical engineering or similar.
• Experience in industry with building robotics, machines, or vehicles.
• Hands on aptitude – able to dive in and troubleshoot issues.
• Desire to work in a startup environment.
• Experience in robotics, embedded systems, or hardware/software integration.
• Ability to design and interpret electronics hardware wiring schematics.
• Knowledge of advanced electronics, including power and control systems.
• Hands-on experience with new hardware bring-up and embedded system debugging.
• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (CANOpen, EtherCAT, etc)
• Strong Python programming skills for data analysis and automation.
• Experience with robot bring-up, calibration, and verification.
• Experience with manufacturing handoff and design-for-production principles.
• Strong systems-level troubleshooting ability.

Responsibilities

• Ideate novel solutions to challenging problems — from system architecture down to individual component selection and design.
• Design and develop automated equipment and robotic systems integrating mechanical, electrical, sensing, and control components.
• Own challenging design projects from conception through development, integration, and into production.
• Design, test, and integrate electronics hardware, wiring schematics, and power/control systems.
• Work directly with the robot software team to design a robust and scalable integrated system.
• Write software to perform system level sizing, data analysis, and automation.
• Develop and execute robot bring-up, calibration, and testing procedures.
• Perform system-level troubleshooting, identifying and resolving issues across electrical, mechanical, and software domains.

Skills

Robotics

Embedded systems

Python programming

Troubleshooting

System design

Data analysis

Industrial protocols

Hardware bring-up

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechatronics or related

Tools

CANOpen

EtherCAT

ROS2

TwinCAT

CODESYS

Job description

Planted Solar is building next‑gen hardware for autonomous solar robotics in a fast‑growing climate tech startup. You will join the Hardware Engineering team to design and bring up machines, robots, and complex systems from concept to production.

You will collaborate with engineers on system architecture, power/control electronics, and robot software, delivering robust, scalable hardware solutions with hands‑on testing and calibration.