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Automation Controls Engineer

Automation Controls Engineer

Bright MachinesSan Francisco, CA, US
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Automation Controls Engineer

The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines, we're innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers' unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.

Working with us means you'll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you're ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we'd love to speak with you.

What You Will Be Doing

  • Helping to architect the process and controls that will control our machines
  • Reading and contributing to electrical schematics that define and document our systems
  • Participating in mechanical and electrical design reviews to provide feedback on the systems you will be controlling
  • Programming the paths for the robots and motion systems that make up our automation
  • Analyzing customer needs, turning those into system requirements, and incorporating them into the software of the system
  • Programming Beckhoff PLCs using the TwinCat3 IDE
  • Developing real-time code using IEC 61131-3 Structured Text
  • Developing non real-time code using Python and object oriented design patterns
  • Travel 25% to 30%

What We Want To See

  • BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent
  • Beckhoff PLC programming
  • Structured Text (61131-3)
  • Python programming
  • Object oriented programming concepts
  • Git software version control
  • SQL RDB
  • Robot programming
  • Industrial Automation
  • Stepper and servo motor motion control and tuning
  • Familiarity with Linux and command line tools

    • It Would Be Great If You Had

  • Some exposure with web technologies (ie JavaScript, React, REST, GraphQL).
  • Experience using industrial robots such as Fanuc
  • Experience with vision systems (i.e. Keyence or Cognex)
  • Experience with SCADA systems

    • Who You Are

  • You are customer obsessed
  • You believe in the power of a team, diversity of thought, and unity of action
  • You always act with integrity, keep your commitments, and practice transparency
  • You think boldly, lead with courage, and demand the highest standards
  • You drive for results, and act like an owner

    • 160,000 - $190,000 a year

    Bright Machines is an industry-leading software and robotics company that provides a full-stack automation solution for manufacturing. Bright Machines' flexible automated assembly and disassembly specializes in the AI backbone AI hardware infrastructure. By leveraging computer vision, machine learning, and software applications, Bright Machines reimagines the way products can be designed and manufactured.

    Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes' AI 50, awarded "Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing" by AI Breakthrough, named a "Technology Pioneer" by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.

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