Automation Engineer

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Interface with Optical Alignment Process Engineer to automate manual alignment tasks
• Understand, evaluate, and procure robot hardware needed for automation tasks
• Understand end-user needs to develop fully featured applications with intuitive user interfaces
• Develop Application Programming Interface (API) for equipment used in alignment and test of opto-mechanical assemblies
• Produce software requirement documents, architect object-oriented solutions, and maintain repository of code modules for re-use in future applications
• Follow software development best practices; including unit testing, PEP-257 documentation, and error logging
• Provide data-based evidence that developed processes meet product requirements through functional and end user testing
• Generate documentation to include in the quality management system; contribute to business knowledge repositories for software development and test automation
• Create work instructions and provide training on resultant processes to Manufacturing personnel
• Troubleshoot software, equipment, and optical workstations to quickly resolve production-impacting issues
• Identify opportunities for automation within the company; implement solutions to meet a wide array of business needs

Requirements

• B.S. in Computer Science, Optical Engineering, Physics, or related field
• 3 years of Python programming experience
• 1 year of software architecture experience
• 1 year of experience with machine vision (OpenCV preferred)
• 1 year of manufacturing experience
• Experience aligning and testing optical systems on optical breadboards is a plus

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salaries
• Comprehensive benefits package