Senior Mechatronics Engineer

Key Skills

Aartificial intelligence, AI Robotic systems, Altium, AutoCAD, Design, Machine learning techniques, Solidworks

Job Description

As a Mechatronics Engineer on the Robotics Hardware Team, you will help us create the most advanced robots for our customers. You will work closely with other disciplines (Software, AI, ML, Product, etc.) designing subsystems for complex robotic systems.

You will own critical portions of new projects in end of arm tooling and robotic system design. You will work closely with our Robotics Software and Platform Teams to ensure that the designs you create integrate into our larger system design.

What you bring:

• Ability to iterate quickly and demonstrate new concepts through fast prototypes of your design
• Design and build motion and sensor assemblies (e.g. sensor integrations, motion stages, mechanism design)
• Fully competent in major CAD packages (e.g. Altium, Solidworks, etc)
• Knowledge of and experience designing with sensors, pneumatics, motors, PCB packaging and other electromechanical components
• Able to design for both traditional and rapid manufacturing methods
• Experience selecting and integrating motors (BLDC, stepper, etc) and motor controllers

Bonus Qualifications:

• 5+ years as an engineer in a related industry
• Applicable skills in at least one of the following areas: end effector (EOAT) design, industrial automation, robotic work cells
• Pneumatic system experience (e.g. valving and instrumentation)
• Experience with analog electrical equipment (e.g. specifying cables, connectors, panel layouts, NFPA79)
• Automated test fixture creation (e.g. PLC programming experience)
• Experience programming embedded systems (ARM, PIC, etc)
• Experience designing PCBs that integrate sensors, signal conditioning, and common hardware interfaces (I2C, SPI, UART, etc)
• Practical experience designing systems for EMC

About Ocado Group

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we’re developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world!

Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we’re looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.

Changing the way the world shops, for good.