# Mechatronics Engineer

ICON is looking for a Mechatronics Engineer to join our Robotics team in Austin, TX. You will work at the intersection of mechanical systems, electronics, and software to design, integrate, and validate the electromechanical systems that drive ICON's large-scale robotic systems. This role is embedded within a multidisciplinary robotics team and requires someone who understands how hardware and software must work together to produce reliable, precision motion. This role participates in a rotating on-call schedule, one week at a time, responding to escalated support tickets from the field and is based at ICON's Austin, TX headquarters, reporting to the Director of Robotics. RESPONSIBILITIES: Design, integrate, and validate electromechanical systems for large-scale robotics applications. Configure, tune, and commission servo drives, motors, encoders, and associated motion hardware within an EtherCAT-based control architecture. Develop and maintain low-level embedded software for motion control, I/O management, and hardware interfacing in C/C++ or equivalent real-time environments. Translate motion requirements into drive configurations, tuning parameters, and electrical specifications

- **Id**: 981809
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/icon-mechatronics-engineer>
- **Role**: Robotics
- **Role family**: Robotics
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Austin, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-16T17:50:50Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-09-28
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T08:48:29Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 51
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5385
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: 3D Printers & Additive Manufacturing, Construction

## Company

- **Id**: 176536
- **Name**: ICON
- **Domain**: iconbuild.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/icon-4>
- **Size band**: 201-500
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: A
- **Score**: 89
- **Open postings**: 42
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.214
- **Repost share**: 0.024
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 76
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 99000
- **Max usd**: 193000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 113

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **CANopen** — Optional: no
- **EtherCAT** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Days open**: 51

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 3
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-16T21:27:02Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-11-05T11:32:21Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 79
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.877
- **P room**: 0.9
- **Age days**: 51
- **Expected fill days**: 76
- **Reasons**: conf:0, velocity, win:mid
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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