Mechatronics Engineer

Since launching the world's first portable wood-pellet pizza oven in 2012, Ooni has grown into an award-winning, multinational company with a product range loved by passionate home cooks all over the globe. Our mission has always been to design innovative products that spark joy in our customers, and whilst we're incredibly proud of what we've accomplished so far - we're only just getting started.

Are you an exceptional graduate or emerging technical specialist with a rock solid foundation? Do you thrive when diving deep into  engineering mysteries and learning how to crack them wide open? We are seeking an entry level Mechatronics Engineer to join our NPD team.

In this dynamic role, you will apply your knowledge to active product development teams, focusing on immediate task delivery and troubleshooting issues. You will assist in investigations, participate in rapid problem-solving rounds, and produce accurate, timely work within defined processes. If you love variety, technical rigor, hands-on learning, and want to kickstart your career in a fast-moving environment, this is your time to shine.

This is an on-site role, working a minimum of 4 days per week from our office in Broxburn, Scotland.

What You'll Do

• Technical Resource: Act as a supporting technical resource for the NPD team, assisting various product delivery project teams.
• Collaborative Troubleshooting: Partner closely with Product Design Engineers to investigate issues within the work system, helping to diagnose mechanical defects alongside electronics, wiring, and motor optimization.
• Multi-Project Execution: Comfortably juggle several projects at once, achieving a high standard of work.
• Cross-Functional Communication: Clearly present technical data, root-cause analysis, and test observations to an audience of your peers. Proactively keep your line manager and key stakeholders updated on your work and participate actively in team discussions.
• Continuous Improvement: Produce accurate and timely work in accordance with defined processes, actively seeking out feedback to apply to future work and correct errors promptly. 
• Rapid Testing & Iteration: Bring a “Fail-Fast” mentality - willing to test, learn, and iterate rapidly to find the best solution.

Who You Are

• A Precision Fixer: You have a rock-solid technical grounding and take pride in executing work with accuracy, and diligence.
• Electro-Mechanical Mindset: You don't look at products in isolation; you are eager to bridge the gap between physical mechanics and electrical systems constantly building your expertise.
• An Agile Troubleshooter: You adapt quickly to unforeseen circumstances where they relate to your day-to-day responsibilities, and love the thrill of unpicking engineering challenges.
• System-Oriented: You think both critically and holistically, ensuring that immediate technical fixes align with broader tooling, compliance, and production capabilities.

What You'll Need to Succeed

• Engineering Background: A degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Mechatronics Engineering, or a highly relevant electro-mechanical discipline.
• Electro-Mechanical Expertise: Academic or foundational understanding of consumer appliances with integrated electronics, including knowledge of electrical schematics; PCBs; motors; common embedded communication protocols (I2C, SPI etc) and internal wiring.
• Compliance Consciousness: Solid baseline knowledge of general electrical compliance and regulatory safety standards for consumer electronics and home appliances.
• Analytical Problem Solving: Ability to fairly assess data without prejudice, investigating and troubleshooting basic issues within a work system.
• Strong Communication Skills: The ability to communicate complex engineering challenges and solutions clearly, persuasively, and inclusively with both local and international teams.
• Multi-Tasking Mastery: Exceptional organisational skills with an ability to contribute to multiple technical projects concurrently.

You’ll get bonus points if you have experience with the following:

• Solidworks CAD software and sheet metal tool add ins
• Altium or KiCAD experience
• Ability to write or debug simple scripts (such as C/C++ or Python) to support physical prototyping and map out basic application flows. 
• Exposure to reviewing and troubleshooting schematics and PCB layouts.
• Knowledge or experience of IPC standards. 

Why Ooni?
When you join one of our global teams, you’re joining a dedicated group of do-ers who value Kindness, Passion, Innovation, Ambition and Rigor above all else.  We live, work and play by these values and are proud of what we’ve built here. As a member of our team, you will also receive the following:

• Work for an employer that cares about your well-being! We’ve got private healthcare through Bupa as well as access to on-demand coaching and therapy sessions via BetterHelp
• £500 to spend on Ooni products each year, plus 50% discount on any other Ooni products.
• £500 every year to spend on your passion – whatever that may be.
• 35 days of paid time off per year, plus an additional 5 week sabbatical when you’ve been here for 5 years.
• Access to an employee assistance programme which includes on demand coaching.
• We believe in giving back to our communities, which is why we offer every team member five paid volunteer days each year to support causes they care about.
• Pizza is at the heart of everything we do, you’ll have access to our ovens in every office — and we’ll teach you to make pizza like a pro as part of your onboarding experience.

Having a fantastic culture is really important to all of us at Ooni. We work hard to make it diverse and inclusive, and want everyone to have access to the same opportunities. If you would like this advert in a different format or need an alternative method of applying, please let us know at [email protected].