Mechatronics Engineer, VLA Gripping & Assembly (Lead)
Hybrid (Los Angeles, CA)$170k - $190kFull-timePosted 3mo ago
About the role
Lead Mechatronics role responsible for end-to-end development of a VLA-powered gripping and assembly system, from concept to deployment on customer facilities, with hands-on hardware and ML integration.
Responsibilities
- The VLA gripping and assembly system cradle to grave: concept, design, build, bring-up, deployment, and field reliability.
- Gripper and mechatronics design: end-effector, actuation, GD&T, rapid prototyping (3D print, laser, CNC, PCB), production-ready designs.
- Perception and sensing in the manipulation loop: vision, force/torque, tactile, and the 6DOF arm.
- Operationalizing VLA / learned policies: demonstration data pipeline, policy inference into real-time control, grasp/assembly evaluation, sim-to-real iteration.
Qualifications
- 5+ years taking robotic systems from concept to delivery.
- Identify as an AI native engineer.
- Real gripper / end-effector / manipulation experience and 6DOF arm integration.
- Comfort at the hardware + ML boundary: integrate learned policies, run inference on a robot, curate demo data, debug grasp failures (ROS/ROS 2, OpenVLA / pi-0 style policies, imitation learning, sim-to-real a strong plus).
- Strong Python and physical prototyping tools (CAD, 3D printing, CNC, PCB).
Skills
Required:C++PythonMachine LearningCAD Design
Last updated Sep 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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