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MBARI staff are driven by a curiosity to learn more about the ocean and a passion to protect its future.
Meet our staff, leadership, and board of directors.
Get an insider's look at our team's work.
Launching the next generation of ocean explorers.
Learn how some of our staff navigated to a career at MBARI.
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Integrate MBARI data with lesson plans and workshops.
Discover deep-sea critters, including exclusive footage and info.
Dive into topics about ocean health and its fascinating features.
Explore deep-sea observations with this interactive guide.
Learn about the MLML/MBARI Research Library.
Access more educational resources from the teams at MBARI.
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Mechanical Engineer
Mechanical Engineer
Founded in 1987 by the late David Packard, the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a nonprofit oceanographic research center advancing marine science and engineering to understand our changing ocean. Located in Moss Landing, California, the heart of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, MBARI offers ready access to the open ocean and deep sea. Ongoing research programs range across autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicle systems, control technologies, ocean physics, chemistry, geology, biology, ocean instrumentation, and information management. MBARI hosts approximately 200 employees, with shore facilities that include state-of-the-art science and engineering laboratories, manufacturing and electrical fabrication shops, and dock facilities for MBARI vessels.
The engineering division at MBARI develops underwater sensors, vehicles, and scientific instruments which expand our knowledge of the ocean and its inhabitants. With our state-of-the-art facilities, engineers at MBARI collaborate with scientists and operational staff in the conception, design, manufacture, deployment, and support of novel systems. Examples of advanced technologies for ocean science developed at MBARI include a robotic microbiology laboratory, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs), remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), marine energy harvesting systems, underwater laser and imaging systems, and many other projects. If you have the interest and experience to contribute to our work, then we very much welcome your application.
This position is for a mid/senior level mechanical engineer to work on a variety of development projects related to underwater robotics, sensing, and sampling. This on-site position provides a unique amount of flexibility to explore design spaces with EE and SE colleagues in order to develop solutions that will enable ocean research. MBARI is known for supporting high-risk, high-reward engineering development programs. The ideal candidate can work independently and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Primary responsibilities:
Required qualifications:
work experience.
o mechanical design
o engineering analysis, statics and dynamics
o materials and structural analysis, structural finite-element-methods
o manufacturing engineering or design for manufacturability/design for assembly
o autonomous systems
o optical and imaging systems
Desired qualifications:
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Job Code: Mechanical Eng
Please submit a cover letter and a resume by e-mail to jobs@mbari.org, or by mail to the address below.
MBARI
Jessica Chapman
Job Code: Mechanical Eng
7700 Sandholdt Road
Moss Landing, CA 95039
Salary range:
$145,000- $200,000/annually
MBARI offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, 403B retirement plan, and paid time off, such as vacation, holiday, and sick leave.
MBARI is a non-profit, private oceanographic research institute, and an equal opportunity employer. MBARI considers all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, age, disability, covered veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and local laws.
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7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing, California 95039
2026 MBARI
Website by Visceral
| Location | CA |
| Salary | $145,000–$200,000 Per Year |
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