Senior Mechatronics Engineer - Controls & Electronics - Manufacturing

Senior Mechatronics Engineer, Controls & Electronics

Sydney | Full time | Hybrid | $110k to $150k + super + meaningful equity
Relocation and visa support available for the right person

The Mission

What happens when semiconductor tooling needs to get smarter, faster and more repeatable?

You build the controls layer properly.

This role sits across electronics, controls, automation software and the physical machine. Not pure software. Not generic industrial controls. Real equipment, real sensors, real actuators, real commissioning pain.

You’ll help build advanced manufacturing tools for next-generation semiconductor packaging, where precision, uptime and integration matter from day one.

What You’ll Work On

• Design and implement control systems for advanced manufacturing equipment
• Specify sensors, actuators, motors, drives, controllers and electrical components
• Develop embedded software, firmware and PLC programs for machine automation
• Work across motion control, servo drives, actuators and machine-level electronics
• Create electrical schematics, wiring diagrams and control panel layouts
• Commission, test and debug complex electromechanical systems
• Troubleshoot hardware, software and integration issues across the full machine
• Develop machine safety systems and support relevant safety standards
• Help establish controls, electronics and automation standards for a scaling team
• Work closely with mechanical, software and systems engineers to deliver integrated tools

What Matters Here

• 7+ years in mechatronics, controls engineering, automation or similar
• Strong PLC programming and motion control experience
• Embedded C/C++ or Python experience
• Familiarity with protocols like EtherCAT, Modbus or OPC-UA
• Electrical design experience across schematics, panels and wiring diagrams
• Solid mechanical fluency, enough to integrate across the actual machine
• Experience commissioning complex electromechanical equipment
• Semiconductor equipment, precision manufacturing, robotics or industrial automation experience
• Startup appetite without startup chaos tolerance being mistaken for lack of standards

Nice to Have

• MATLAB or Simulink
• ISO 13849 or IEC 62443 exposure
• Semiconductor tooling or fab equipment experience
• Experience building automation standards from scratch

Why This Role Is Different

This is not controls work in a plant that already knows what it is.

This is controls work where the machine, the process and the company are all scaling together.

You’ll be close to the hardware, close to the product and close to the decisions that shape how the tooling platform grows.

 

Interested to hear more? Apply direct to set up a conversation.