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About the role
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Industrial Automation Engineer to automate as much of Arxlight’s drone manufacturing process from the ground up. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of hands-on experience in industrial automation, controls, robotics, or manufacturing engineering for complex hardware products
- Proven track record designing, building, and commissioning automated assembly stations or production lines, from concept through stable production
- Strong PLC and controls experience (e.g. Siemens, Rockwell/Allen-Bradley, Beckhoff or similar), including ladder logic or structured text, motion control, safety circuits, and HMI development
- Hands-on experience programming and integrating industrial or collaborative robots (e.g. FANUC, ABB, KUKA, Universal Robots), along with machine vision, sensors, pneumatics, and end-of-arm tooling
- Strong programming skills in Python or similar languages for station software, data collection, and integration with MES, databases, and hardware communication protocols such as EtherNet/IP, Modbus, OPC UA, serial, or CAN
- Experience designing fixtures and tooling in CAD (SolidWorks, Onshape or similar), and applying machine safety standards and risk assessment to equipment design
More about this role
We’re looking for a hands-on Senior Industrial Automation Engineer to automate as much of Arxlight’s drone manufacturing process from the ground up.
You’ll design and build the automated cells, robotics, fixtures to create a repeatable, high-yield production line. That spans component prep, subassembly, final assembly, calibration, end-of-line test and packaging. There’s no existing automated line or set of standards to inherit. You’ll decide what gets automated first and build it, often while the product design is still changing.
You’ll work closely with Manufacturing, Hardware, Test and Supply Chain to find the steps that limit throughput, quality or cost, and replace them with automation that actually holds up on the floor. When a station is down or a new design needs to be production-ready, you’ll be the one who gets it running, without waiting for a ticket. This role suits someone who likes building machines, writing the code that runs them, and measuring whether they made the line better, and who wants manufacturing to keep pace with a team that moves fast.
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