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Base pay range

$120,000.00/yr - $180,000.00/yr

Robotics / Electro-Mechanical Engineer:

We're partnered with a clean-tech startup developing autonomous energy systems that convert air, water, and sunlight into synthetic natural gas — affordably and on-site. By combining CO₂ capture, solar-powered electrolysis, and precision control systems, they're reinventing how fuel is produced and distributed.

Their mission is to decarbonize natural gas production using scalable, self-contained units that operate in the field with minimal human oversight. You'll be helping build and automate the electro-mechanical heart of that system — one line of control code at a time.

This is not an 'office job' — it's a hands-on, first-principles engineering role for someone who's built electromechanical systems from the ground up, thrives in a low-ego, high-ownership environment, and enjoys pushing hardware to its limits.

What You'll Do:

• Design and implement minimalist, robust state control systems on COTS hardware (e.g. Arduino, Raspberry Pi)
• Interface with existing mechanical/electrical designs to eliminate manual pain points through automation
• Architect, write, and debug bare-metal control code for distributed subsystems
• Implement algorithms like PID or Kalman filters to maintain reliable system states
• Curate common data streams for logging, archiving, and future optimization
• Champion a safe-by-default, high-reliability mindset in all automation decisions

What We're Looking For (not all required):

• You've built non-trivial electromechanical systems.
• Strong skills in low-voltage and medium-voltage systems
• Comfortable working with unconventional hardware and outside of traditional PLC environments
• Solid grasp of bare-metal programming, control theory, and low-cost embedded design
• Bonus if you have familiarity with NFPA 70, 70E, 79, or UL508A
• Bonus if you have experience/knowledge of solar cells, electrolytic cells, renewable natural gas and/or battery storage systems

Location: Burbank, CA

Benefits: Competitive benefits package including equity, performance-related bonuses, 401k, health, dental, and vision insurance, and a flexible leave policy.

Pay range: $120,000.00 - $180,000.00 per year, to be determined on a case-by-case basis.

Travel: Some travel (5-10%) may be required to oversee installation off-site.

Interested, click apply and we'll be in touch ASAP.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering, Project Management, and Design

Industries

Renewable Energy, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Services for Renewable Energy, and Natural Gas Distribution