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Robotic engineer

Mighty Buildings is a construction technology company with offices in Oakland, and Monterrey.

We are disrupting the construction industry by creating beautiful, sustainable, and high-quality homes using 3D printing, advanced materials, and robotics automation.

We've raised Series B funding and are backed by top investors like Khosla Ventures, Zeno Ventures, and Y-Combinator.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for the Robotics engineer who ais vital in designing and developing automated systems for manufacturing operations. They design automated manufacturing cells layout, materials and information flow, equipment placement, and more.

What You'll Be Doing

Developing and testing new technologies of additive and subtractive manufacturing, defined trajectory payload manipulation, and pick-n-place application using KUKA industrial robots;
Offline and online KUKA robots programming for new products and technologies;
Generating toolpath for robots using CAM and Slicing software;
Advanced robot programming, including RSI, System coordinates transformation, and basic linear algebra calculation.
Operating robotic work cells to perform prepared programs for proof of concept pilot facility
Maintaining machines and equipment that are included in the work cells
Develop custom robot application code to interface with other peripheral systems and equipment;
Design and implement robotic cell layouts based on KUKA robot design, strengths and limitations
Creating full working volume simulations to test the designed or proposed layouts;
Propose and formulate requirements for mechanical structures and features required to perform newly developed technologies and new products;
Develop RFI and RFQs and work with contractors and integrators to develop project scopes using SMART methodology;
Develop equipment specifications and requirements based on new product and manufacturing technologies;
Conduct equipment design reviews and provide design guidance to vendors.

What's Required

5+ years of extensive experience in robotic programming and applications
KUKA robots simulation and offline programming (Fastsuite, KUKA SimPro, Visual Components or similar)
Hands-on experience commissioning and programming industrial robots
Expert in using CAD/CAM software
Robotic mechanical and electrical troubleshooting and maintenance skills
Able to solve complex problems by utilizing internal and external resource pools;
Well organized, pay attention to details, and methodical in your approach to design and engineering"
Being a collaborative team player comes naturally to you
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Fluent in English

What's Nice-to-Have

Master's degree in mechanical, mechatronics engineering, or computer science.
PLC programming for industrial automation
Mechanical engineering skills and work in CAD
Experience in specifying, developing and programming computer vision systems projects
Knowledge of programming languages such as Python, Java, C, C++
Able to handle physically-demanding tasks
Be familiar with or previously used Extreme Manufacturing, Contract-First Development or other agile hardware development frameworks
Be familiar with Industry 4.0 concept
LEAN manufacturing principles to apply to the designs
OSHA10-30 training is beneficial