Bright Machines · 4 hours ago
Site Automation Engineer (Overnight Operations)
Florence, Kentucky
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid LevelBright Machines is an innovator in manufacturing, focusing on intelligent automation to transform the industry. The Site Automation Engineer is responsible for the performance and reliability of robotic assembly systems at a major customer site, serving as the primary technical interface between the customer and internal teams.
ComputerInformation TechnologyMachine LearningRoboticsSoftware
Responsibilities
You will be responsible for multiple robotic assembly systems deployed to a major tech customer
You will be interacting with customer and customer manufacturing partner about performance of our equipment
You will be collecting customer feedback and sharing it within our organization as part of continuous improvement process and product roadmap development
You will be the primary interface between a team of remote technical experts and those on the line which includes field service engineers and customer production leads
Use your troubleshooting skills, live data, diagnostic tools, and customer feedback to assess hardware and software anomalies and determine corrective actions
Maintain status reports at various levels of detail and synthesis
Educate and train customers on device operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair
Provide excellent customer service, actively listen to customer concerns, and address issues
Travel up to 10%, mostly for training
Qualification
Required
Experience in an automation and robotics environment
Bachelor's Degree (Mechanical or Electrical Engineering); Associate degree with equivalent years of experience may be considered
Automation, robotics, and PLC experience
Understanding of Recipe Debug
Experience using Vision systems for inspection and point of interest interpolation
Confidence around electro-mechanical systems and a zest for diagnosing new systems with complex failure modes
Technical documentation experience (reading, creating, editing)
Ability to diagnose and repair complex mechanical systems
Capable of following electrical and mechanical drawings
Self-starter with ability to work productively with minimal supervision
Calm, collected demeanor and commitment to customer service
Preferred
Experience in an electronics manufacturing environment or similar
Familiarity with code, command line interfaces, and can find your way around a LAN. (Production-style coding is not required)
Company
Bright Machines
Bright Machines brings together flexible factory robots with intelligent software, production data and machine learning.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$437MKey Investors
BlackRockJP Morgan ChaseEclipse Ventures
2024-06-25Series C· $106M
2024-06-25Debt Financing· $20M
2022-10-30Debt Financing· $32M
Leadership Team
Paolo Avagliano
Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
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