Mechatronic Engineer

Department: R&D

Location: Fremont

Compensation: $120K – $170K

Employment Type: FullTime

At Tandem PV, we are a team of people who are passionate about building a more sustainable world by bringing cost effective solar panels onto the market. We’re scaling metal-halide perovskite solar technology to make best-in-class mechanically stacked tandem modules.   We have built efficient, durable cells, monolithic multi-cell submodules, and packaged modules with our scalable, low-cost process. Our next focus is expanding our team to work in our new pilot manufacturing facility.

About The Role:

In this role, you will work on a wide range of engineering challenges spanning hardware, software, and system integration. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with a cross-functional engineering team with a highly talented group of engineers from varied backgrounds. You will own projects from ideation through implementation, ensuring our robotic systems operate efficiently and reliably in challenging field environments.

To excel in this role, you will:

• Design, test, and integrate electronics hardware, wiring schematics, and power/control systems

• Lead hardware bring-ups for embedded systems, including Modbus devices and PLCs

• Develop and execute robot bring-ups, calibrations, and verification procedures

• Define and maintain robotic system requirements and documentation

• Collaborate with mechanical and software teams on system integration and manufacturability

• Support manufacturing handoff, ensuring designs are production-ready

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues across electrical, mechanical, and software domains

Qualifications:

• Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

• Experience designing PCBs using KiCAD; able to build and debug circuits (e.g., variable load using digipots and resistors)

• Familiar with Arduino, LabJack, and embedded prototyping tools

• Skilled in reading and designing electrical schematics

• Capable of basic part modeling and drawings with Solidworks

• Experience with robotics, embedded systems, and hardware/software integration

• Understanding of power and control systems for electromechanical devices

• Familiarity with industrial communication protocols (Modbus, I2C, Serial, Visa,, etc.)

• Real-time programming experience with PLCs or/and microcontrollers including PLC design, wiring, and programming (Siemens, Beckhoff TwinCAT)

• Strong systems-level troubleshooting and problem-solving abilities

• Knowledge of design-for-manufacturing and production transfer best practices

• Comfortable wiring low voltage (24 or 48 VDC) and industrial electrical (208 VAC, 480 VAC)

What we offer:

An awesome team of dedicated technologists changing the way the world is powered! If that’s not enough, we’ll take good care of you and your family with:

• Flexible Time Off

• Healthcare coverage

• Life Insurance

• Long-term & Short-term Disability

• Parental leave

• Meaningful equity

Tandem PV uses perovskite & silicon mechanically-stacked tandems to upgrade silicon solar panels, sharply decreasing installed systems costs, significantly increasing module manufacturing profit margins, and opening up vast new solar markets in the US and worldwide. TPV was co-founded by Stanford PhDs Colin Bailie and Chris Eberspacher; is advised by industry experts from Corning, First Solar, Vivint Solar, and Kateeva; has raised more than $50M in Series A funding. We were recently recognized as the Best Pre-Commercial Venture of 2025 by the Industry Growth Forum (IGF)

We are a team of people who are passionate about building a more sustainable world by delivering a new generation of solar panels to the market. We are constantly growing and are always looking for dedicated, hardworking, and empathetic teammates.

Tandem PV is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.