RETHINK MANUFACTURING

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.

RETHINK MANUFACTURING

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.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Automation Controls Engineer you will be designing and developing automated solutions, choosing parts, and programming our robotic systems.

Automation Controls Engineer are able to communicate effectively with all project stakeholders including customers, leadership, our sales teams, program management, research and development engineers, and delivery team engineers that bring customer solutions to life.

We have a passion for bringing together cross functional teams to creatively solve problems. We value working closely with different groups throughout project lifecycles and believe that creating and validating user requirements at the system and sub system level is essential for success.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As an Automation Controls Engineer you will be designing and developing automated solutions, choosing parts, and programming our robotic systems.

Automation Controls Engineer are able to communicate effectively with all project stakeholders including customers, leadership, our sales teams, program management, research and development engineers, and delivery team engineers that bring customer solutions to life.

We have a passion for bringing together cross functional teams to creatively solve problems. We value working closely with different groups throughout project lifecycles and believe that creating and validating user requirements at the system and sub system level is essential for success.

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
5+ years of professional experience
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

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BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY

Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure assembly operations. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). With its new AI factory, Bright Machines addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI and the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing by building data center infrastructure at scale with higher quality and shorter time-to-market.

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.

Senior Automation Controls Engineer - Beckhoff