The Role
Staff Equipment Engineer needed to select, install, and scale manufacturing equipment for robot prototype line. Responsibilities include detailed machine design, creating tooling, and collaborating with engineering teams. Ideal candidate has 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience and expertise in manual and automated assembly techniques.
Summary Generated by Built In
Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.
We are looking for a Staff Equipment Engineer to select, install and scale our manufacturing equipment for our proto line.
Responsibilities:
- Select and scale equipment necessary for assembling our robots on the manufacturing line
- Detailed machine design and creation of machine layouts
- Create new tooling and fixtures for aiding in assembly to be used on the manufacturing line
- Contribute to make vs. buy decisions on the assembly process
- Work with facilities team to spec building requirements to handle new equipment
- Collaborate with mechanical engineering team to aid in DFM and DFMEA
- Perform data analysis to understand machine metrics
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Mechanical, Biomechanical, Robotics, Mechatronics, or similar field
- Expert knowledge of manual and automated assembly techniques
- Strong understanding of BOM, DFMs, manufacturing process, process validation,a assembly techniques and cost reduction techniques
- Familiarity with modern machine controls including PLCs and pneumatic systems
- Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), including implementation, integration, and optimization
- Expert in 3D CAD software
- Ability to travel up to 15% of the time
Bonus Qualifications:
- CATIA V6 experience
- Robotics or other high tech industry experience
- Statistical analysis experience
Top Skills
3D Cad Software
The Company
What We Do
Figure is an AI Robotics company building the world's first commercially viable autonomous humanoid robot. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA.
