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
We are looking for a Software Application Engineer specializing in robotics programming to be a part
of our automation team.
WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING
APIs and integration with ERP, shop-floor management systems and machine controls
(PLCs, drivers, robot controllers, industrial communications protocols)
Collaborate with IT (interfaces, security, company standards)
Automatic data gathering, statistics, analytics and representation through reports and
dashboards
Create and maintain related controlled documentation
Support system commissioning, qualification and de-bugging
Manage software configuration control and release
Troubleshooting & Repair capabilities
Root causes analysis experience and action plans
Tracking and reporting activities
WHAT YOU WILL BRING
BSc degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or similar
Minimum of 5 years of experience in: multi-disciplinary systems and multi-software platforms
Industrial automation and industrial equipment controls, manufacturing process
PLC/IPC logic and programming, troubleshooting and configuration with industry leading vendors (Beckhoff, Modicon, Siemens, Omron, Mitsubishi,
Serial & Bus Industrial Communication protocols: e.g. Ethernet / EtherCATProfinet, TCP/IP
Robotics programming: Fanuc, Kuka,
Minimum of 2 years of experience in an automation and robotics environment
Minimum of 1 year in a customer-facing role
Technical documentation experience
Minimum of 1x years on mechanical, electrical and pneumatic schematics
Experience on manual and power tools
High electrical, sensors, transductors and pneumatic skills
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF YOU HAD
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)
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.
