Hardware Engineer (Robotics/Automation)
We are building the foundational AI model and prompt-to-matter platform for chemistry-based products - an MCP/API layer that allows prompts and AI agents to design, formulate, and orchestrate robotic manufacturing.
Every formulation, batch, process parameter, and outcome becomes training data. Our manufacturing nodes are not just places where products are made - they are environments where the system learns how chemistry behaves in the real world. Connected through a unified intelligence layer, each run improves formulation design, process control, and production efficiency across the network.
When intelligence is embedded into the systems that transform matter, production becomes adaptive, local, and exponentially more capable. We are building a platform that will help power a radically abundant future.
About the Role
As a Hardware Engineer (Robotics/Automation), you'll design and build the physical systems that power our Gen 3 manufacturing platform. This role sits at the intersection of robotics, motion systems, sensors, fluid handling, and industrial automation.
You will work on real-world systems: actuators, load cells, dispensing systems, mechanical assemblies, safety interlocks, and precision automation. Our machines operate in production environments, so reliability, serviceability, and manufacturability matter as much as raw performance.
This is not a purely theoretical role. We're looking for a builder - someone who prototypes fast, tests aggressively, learns from failure, and iterates quickly. You should be excited about creating hardware that integrates tightly with software and AI systems.
This is a full-time role based in California, with in-person collaboration expected in our Mountain View office.
What You'll Do
- Design and prototype mechanical and electromechanical systems for robotics-driven manufacturing.
- Develop automation assemblies including motion systems, dispensing mechanisms, structural frames, and tooling.
- Select and integrate motors, actuators, sensors, load cells, controllers, and safety components.
- Collaborate closely with controls, firmware, and software engineers to define clean hardware/software interfaces.
- Run testing and validation cycles to ensure reliability, repeatability, and safety.
- Design for manufacturability, serviceability, and cost reduction.
- Create documentation, BOMs, assembly instructions, and test protocols.
- Troubleshoot mechanical and electrical issues in prototype and production systems.
- Continuously improve system robustness based on real-world performance data.
What We're Looking For
- 3+ years of experience in robotics, automation, or electromechanical system design.
- Strong fundamentals in mechanical engineering and/or electrical integration.
- Experience with motors, actuators, motion control, sensors, or industrial automation components.
- Comfortable working hands-on in a lab or shop environment.
- Ability to move quickly from concept → prototype → iteration.
- High agency mindset -- you identify problems and solve them without waiting for instruction.
- Strong first-principles thinking and comfort operating in ambiguity.
- Experience using modern AI tools to accelerate design, debugging, and documentation workflows.
- Nice-to-haves: fluid systems, high-shear mixing equipment, precision dispensing, industrial safety systems, DFM experience.
What We Offer
- Competitive compensation with equity.
- Direct ownership over core hardware systems.
- Opportunity to build real-world robotics that reshape manufacturing.
- Fast-moving, scrappy team environment with high autonomy.
- Access to modern tools, lab equipment, and AI-enabled workflows.
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