MEMS Fabrication Engineer- Actuator Systems (Early Hire)

We’re looking for a hands-on MEMS Fabrication Engineer to own design, process development, characterization, and productization of a novel micro-scale actuator platform. This role spans multi-physics modeling, microfabrication, and early manufacturing scale-up. As an early hire, you will directly shape the core architecture and manufacturing strategy.

What You’ll Do

• Design & Simulation: Build and refine multi-physics models with emphasis on electromechanical and fluid behavior

• Process Development: Invent and iterate custom, non-standard MEMS process flows from first principles; define and manage Pareto trade spaces across performance, yield, and manufacturability.

• Microfabrication: Own end-to-end fabrication, including patterning, surface engineering, thin-film deposition and etching.

• Characterization: Validate designs using destructive and non-destructive techniques, including SEM, C–V measurements, and accelerated stress testing.

Qualifications

• Education: PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or equivalent practical expertise.

• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on micro-fabrication experience and multi-physics modeling.

• Core technical skills:

  • Deep understanding of thin-film deposition using physical and chemical methods (PVD, CVD, ALD etc)

  • Strong materials science fundamentals: mechanical behavior, thin-film stress, adhesion, electrochemistry

  • Demonstrated experience inventing and scaling new fabrication processes, with attention to yield, repeatability, and failure modes

  • Practical understanding of fluid dynamics and microfluidic behavior as it relates to microfabrication and device performance

  • Developed and owned processes such as electrodeposition, electroforming, and/or anodization

• What we value:

  • Strong problem-solving abilities with a first-principles approach to complex challenges

  • Clear communication and strong ownership in a startup setting

  • Genuine enthusiasm for robotics and physically intelligent systems

  • A builder mindset: rapid iteration, learning from failure, and shipping real hardware

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience