What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Mechatronics Engineer position at Emesent?
Our Mission: To Be Bold and Impactful
As a Senior Mechatronics Engineer you will take end-to-end ownership of major revisions to our products. You’ll work across mechanical, electronics, and embedded firmware with a high degree of independence, from concept and prototyping through to production release.
\n- Key Responsibilities
- Lead design, integration, and validation of electronics, firmware, and mechanical assemblies
- Produce clear, well-tested code and PCB layouts that others can extend
- Consider DFM, DFA, safety, and regulatory compliance throughout development
- Create and run verification test plans, analyse data and confirm requirements
- Drive continuous improvement in standards, tooling, and automation
- Translate product requirements into concrete technical specs, tasks, and schedules
- Conduct design reviews, risk assessments, and FMEAs, mitigating issues early
- Mentor engineers in best practices and foster knowledge sharing
- Partner with production, supply chain, and quality to streamline NPI and control cost
- Report progress through Jira boards, stand-ups, and concise stakeholder updates
- Communicate project plans, trade-offs, and risks in clear language tailored to each audience
- Build relationships across engineering, product, and operations to accelerate delivery and reduce tech debt
- Champion a blameless culture focused on solving the right problems and committing to team decisions
- Liaise confidently with vendors and customers to resolve technical issues
- Communicate project plans, trade-offs, and risks in clear language tailored to each audience
- Build relationships across engineering, product, and operations to accelerate delivery and reduce tech debt
- Champion a blameless culture focused on solving the right problems and committing to team decisions
- Liaise confidently with vendors and customers to resolve technical issues
- Novated Lease
- Access to LinkedIn Learning platform
- Employee Assistance Program
- Qoctor, online telehealth
- Settle into our great work environment and facilities
- Every second Friday Off
- 1 full day of leave, each year for work anniversaries
Who are we?
Emesent is a world-leader in drone autonomy, LiDAR mapping, and data analytics. Our vision is to autonomously map the inaccessible. Founded in 2018, with deep connections to Australia's globally recognised CSIRO, we have established ourselves worldwide with a reputation for delivering high-quality data capture in the mining, infrastructure, survey, and mapping industries. Our team of 100 roboticists, engineers, and business development experts work side-by-side to deliver revolutionary efficiency, safety, and operational insights to our client.
Our flagship product, Hovermap, is a smart mobile scanning unit that combines advanced collision avoidance and autonomous flight technologies to map hazardous and GPS-denied environments. Its award-winning technology utilises innovative hardware, advanced algorithms, and machine learning to automate collection and analysis of the physical world. Equally capable above ground or underground, indoors, or out, Hovermap is a complete mobile LiDAR mapping solution. Hovermap is uniquely versatile, it can be backpack, drone, or vehicle-mounted to map challenging, inaccessible areas enabling our client to gain insights that were not possible before.
With multiple applications across several industries and a rapidly growing client base, Hovermap and our other solutions are being used commercially for a variety of applications by enterprise client around the world.
Why Emesent?
We are proud to be a Great Place to Work certified®, reflecting our commitment to fostering a positive, inclusive and engaging workplace culture. At Emesent, you will have the opportunity to work on ground-breaking technology that is shaping the future. We offer a dynamic and collaborative work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for professional growth. Join us in our mission to push the boundaries of robotics and digitisation to help humanity explore further and understand more.