Full-Time

Mechatronics Engineer

Updated on 9/16/2026

Motivo

Motivo

1-10 employees

AI-powered analytics optimizing IC design yield

Compensation Overview

$80k - $100k/yr

+ 401(k) match + Profit-sharing bonuses

Rancho Dominguez, Compton, CA, USA

In Person

Category
Mechanical Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design
Mechatronics
Version Control
PLC
REST APIs
C/C++
FEM/FEA

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Requirements
  • Baseline proficiency and/or professional experience in electrical, mechanical, and/or software engineering.
  • For electrical engineering, capability in hardware design involving printed circuit boards, wire harnesses, or electronic systems; debugging, bench testing, or soldering; and/or firmware development using C/C++, controls, test scripting, or version control.
  • For mechanical engineering, capability in mechanism design, including planning, modeling, and verification; prototyping, fabrication, or testing; and/or static, dynamic, or thermal analysis.
  • For software engineering, ability to write maintainable code for systems that perceive and interact with their environment through an embedded processor, programmable logic controller, or computer system; interact with users through frontend development for mobile devices, local computers, or web servers; or manage backend data through application programming interface development and database management.
  • Ability to contribute meaningfully within at least two engineering disciplines.
Responsibilities
  • Own ideation and feature definition.
  • Perform system-level design.
  • Manage client and vendor relationships.
  • Conduct hands-on hardware bring-ups.
  • Contribute to product strategy and viability.
  • Model and describe physical systems using mathematics and code when useful for robotics programs.
Desired Qualifications
  • Interest in learning new things and expanding one’s skill set.

Motivo provides AI-driven analytics for the semiconductor design and manufacturing process. Its software analyzes the full chip workflow from RTL to layout using a proprietary learning-on-graph approach (M-Graph) to automatically extract data-driven features. Its modules include M-DVP for accelerating design validation, M-TCO for faster timing convergence, and M-OPT for improving manufacturing yield. The system offers explainable AI to identify root causes of yield problems and prescribes actionable steps, helping teams reduce design validation time and increase yield. Motivo differentiates itself with end-to-end, data-centric optimization that spans design and manufacturing, grounded in graph-based learning and an emphasis on explainability. The company aims to help fabless design houses and other semiconductor firms shorten development cycles and lower costs when designing and ramping up new chips.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Series A

Total Funding

$20.5M

Headquarters

Sunnyvale, California

Founded

2015

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Motivo still publicly markets AI yield and timing tools on updated 2026 pages.
  • The company claims 10x cycle-time improvements across multiple chip-design steps.
  • Semiconductor complexity keeps creating demand for faster validation and manufacturability analytics.

What critics are saying

  • No verified customer wins, revenue, or product launches appeared in 2025-2026 public reporting.
  • Motivo’s only dated financing remains the August 2021 Series A, signaling limited external momentum.
  • Silicon Valley EDA rivals can outspend Motivo quickly, making a breakout designation hard.

What makes Motivo unique

  • Motivo’s M-Graph platform applies explainable AI across RTL-to-layout chip workflows.
  • Its 2026 site emphasizes learning-on-graph methods for validation, timing closure, and yield.
  • Intel Capital led Motivo’s $12 million Series A in August 2021.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Profit Sharing

Company News

FinSMEs
Aug 12th, 2021
Motivo Raises $12M in Series A Funding

Motivo, Inc., a San Francisco, CA-based developer of AI-enabled chip design and data analytics solutions, raised $12m in Series A financing. The round was led by Intel Capital, along with other new investors Storm Ventures and Seraph Group as well as participation from Inventus Capital and other existing investors that include multiple IC industry C-suite executives. […]