# Staff Mechatronics Engineer

**Company:** [GrayMatter Robotics](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/graymatter-robotics)
**Location:** Carson, CA, Los Angeles, CA
**Role:** Embedded Engineering
**Salary:** $170k – $200k/yr
**Experience:** 12+ years
**Skills:** Pid Tuning, Motor Control, Embedded C++, Python, Plcs, CAD, 3D Printing, Power Electronics, Sensors, Actuators, Frequency Response Analysis, DFM, Industrial Robots
**Posted:** 2025-12-05

> Leads design, development, and deployment of advanced robotic systems for manufacturing automation, owning mechatronic subsystems across mechanical, electrical, and controls domains. Requires 12+ years in robotics/mechatronics with hands-on expertise in controls, embedded programming, and system integration.

## Job Description

## Role & Responsibilities
- Lead system-level design and architecture of robotic and automation solutions.
- Own complex mechatronic subsystems across mechanical, electrical, and controls domains.
- Serve as a technical authority on robotic cell design, integration, and performance.
- Drive requirements definition, trade studies, and design reviews.
- Partner with software, controls, manufacturing, and field teams to deliver robust systems.
- Mentor senior and mid-level engineers; raise overall technical bar.
- Support customer-facing technical discussions and solution validation when needed.
- Identify technical risks early and guide mitigation strategies.
- Influence long-term product and platform roadmap decisions.

## Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in mechatronics, robotics, or automation engineering.
- Strong background in industrial robotics, automation systems, or complex machinery.
- Demonstrated ownership of system-level designs through deployment.
- Deep understanding of electromechanical systems and controls integration.
- Experience leading technical projects or acting as a technical lead.
- Ability to work cross-functionally and make architecture-level decisions.
- Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with robotic cell design in manufacturing environments.
- Hands-on exposure to PLCs, sensors, actuators, and industrial safety systems.
- Prior experience mentoring or technically leading teams.
- Customer-facing engineering or field deployment experience.

## Strong foundation
- Controls and mechatronics with hands-on experience in PID tuning, motor and drive control, and frequency response analysis.
- Practical debugging using lab instruments and PLC-based industrial automation hardware (PLCs, safety modules, sensors, actuators).
- Proficient in embedded C/C++ and Python for low-level control and integration.
- Experienced in full-system robotic design spanning electrical, mechanical, and controls domains.
- Designs and sources components, creates CAD and technical drawings, and rapidly prototypes using 3D printing and basic shop tools with a strong DFM mindset.
- Applies working knowledge of power electronics and common hardware certification standards.
- Leads thorough testing, validation, and troubleshooting of automation systems before deployment.
- Collaborates cross-functionally to translate customer needs into buildable solutions, standardizes PLC architectures within robotic cells, drives continuous product and EOAT improvements, and mentors junior engineers while remaining deeply hands-on in complex system integration.

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