Mechatronics Engineer I

The role

You will design, develop, and deploy automation solutions for internal labs and external customers. You will work on custom hardware, robot trajectory design, and supporting the Nebula autonomous lab.

What you will do

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of projects that support Ginkgo’s autonomous lab product
• Own end-to-end SolidWorks CAD design for custom mechatronic assemblies
• Manage mechanical BOM accuracy and revision control within Aligni PLM
• Participate in team design reviews
• Design, program, and optimize robot trajectories for industrial six-axis robot arms
• Collaborate with biologists on automation equipment design and operation
• Work with vendors to source components
• Support change management and upgrade/retrofit deployment across existing hardware
• Support the performance evaluation, optimization, and maintenance of Nebula
• Support RAC deployment efforts to external customers

Required qualifications

• BS or MS in Mechanical, Mechatronics, Systems, Robotics Engineering or equivalent
• Experience designing a complex custom mechatronic system, including mechanical and electronic component specification and selection, custom part design, and assembly
• Experience using a 3D CAD tool such as Solidworks, Autodesk Inventor, or OnShape for from-scratch modeling of parts and assemblies
• Experience reading and producing 2D manufacturing drawings
• Experience with basic electronics debugging and system troubleshooting techniques
• Experience with data collection and analysis techniques
• Windows proficiency, and fluency in productivity software tools including spreadsheets, word processing, and presentation tools

Nice to have

• Experience with Solidworks
• Coding or robotics experience
• Familiarity with lab automation equipment fundamentals
• Experience with conveyor or transport systems
• Demonstrable fabrication experience or hands-on 'workshop' skills
• Experience with robot teaching, programming, or simulation
• Experience with scripting or coding in a language like Python or JavaScript, command line navigation, and familiarity with version control and code repositories such as Git

Before you apply

• Portfolio or examples of SolidWorks designs and/or robot trajectory programming work are strongly encouraged

About the company

Ginkgo is a high-growth, well-capitalized public biotech company headquartered in Boston that is redesigning the living world to solve some of the globe's growing challenges in health, energy, food, materials, and more.