Engineer II / Senior Mechatronics Engineer, Hardware & Controls Engineering

Your Impact at LILA

Lila Sciences is seeking a Mechatronics Engineer II to join our Advanced Engineering Team to design, develop, and optimize electromechanical systems. This role bridges hardware, software, electrical, and controls to deliver intuitive, high-performance automated solutions.

What You'll Be Building

• Write control software to coordinate sensors, actuators, and motion systems into cohesive automated solutions


• Develop HMI/GUI interfaces for operator interaction and system monitoring


• Prototype and build test jigs and fixtures to de-risk designs and optimize system performance


• Program and tune servo drives, actuators, and sensor feedback loops


• Create control algorithms and logic for automated equipment


• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Bachelor's degree in Mechatronics, Electrical, or Mechanical Engineering


• 3-5 years of relevant experience


• Experience with HMI development platforms


• Proficiency with version control systems, especially Git & Github.


• Proficiency with C/C++ and Python, or similar languages


• Experience with microcontrollers (STM-32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi)


• Experience with rapid prototyping techniques


• Experience specifying and integrating sensors, motors, drives


• Understanding of analog signal types (4-20mA, 0-10V) and discrete I/O


• Thrives in a hands-on prototype heavy environment


• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills

Bonus Points For

• Understanding of machine states, control theory and PID tuning


• Experience or familiarity with PLC based systems


• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (EtherNet/IP, RS-232, OPC/UA, MQTT)


• Experience or familiarity with CAD software (Solidworks, Creo, Siemens NX)


• Experience working directly with end-users to develop requirements

About LILA

Lila Sciences is building Scientific Superintelligence™ to solve humankind's greatest challenges. We believe science is the most inspiring frontier for AI. Rather than hard-coding expert knowledge into tools, LILA builds systems that can learn for themselves.

LILA combines advanced AI models with proprietary AI Science Factory™ instruments into an operating system for science that executes the entire scientific method autonomously, accelerating discovery at unprecedented speed, scale, and impact across medicine, materials, and energy. Learn more at www.lila.ai.

Guided by our core values of truth, trust, curiosity, grit, and velocity, we move with startup speed while tackling problems of historic importance. If this sounds like an environment you'd love to work in, even if you don't meet every qualification listed above, we encourage you to apply.

We’re All In

Lila Sciences is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.

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