What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manager, Mechanical Engineering position at Agility Robotics?
Job Description
Job Description
Agility Robotics is a pioneer. Our robot, Digit, is the first to be sold into workplaces across the globe. Our team is differentiated by its expertise in imagining, engineering, and delivering robots with advanced mobility, dexterity, intelligence, and efficiency robots specifically designed to work alongside people, in spaces built for people. Every day, we break through engineering challenges and invent new solutions and capabilities that will one day make robots commonplace and approachable. This work is our passion and our responsibility : our mission is to make businesses more productive and people's lives more fulfilling.
About The Team :
Our mechanical engineering team is agile and has grown rapidly, and we are looking for a talented engineering leader to join us remotely in the San Francisco Bay Area, or on-site at our Salem facility. We are responsible for delivering advanced and reliable designs that meet a complex set of requirements to our customers, including software developers, applications engineers, manufacturing engineers and ultimately to fleet deployment managers. We work as a group to develop new technologies, engineer new products, and refine / maintain existing designs. The team is composed of engineers from many backgrounds and levels of experience.
About The Role :
We are currently designing the next generation of Digit for commercial scale. Highly reliable and robust designs are critical to successful deployment of our robots in large quantities. Digit works in demanding environments, performing highly repetitive and heavily loaded tasks. The Manager, Mechanical Engineering will both manage mechanical engineers and will be a technical leader who works closely with cross functional teams to drive the successful execution of the robot design.
About The work :
- Lead and inspire a talented team of 4 - 8 mechanical engineers to bring products from concept all the way to production.
- Provide coaching, mentorship and guidance, helping the team enhance their skills, improve the quality of their work, and grow professionally.
- Work cross functionally to anticipate and remove roadblocks.
- Be a technical leader for complex robotics systems.
- Develop right-sized process to help the team work more effectively and to produce high quality, reliable designs.
- Regularly communicate project progress, key milestones, and any challenges that arise to senior management.
- Reduce complexity by pushing for simple and elegant designs.
- Drive data-driven decisions and ensure the cross functional team understands the "why".
About you :
Preferred Skills and Experience :
Benefits
Exempt Employees : Flexible, unlimited PTO and 10 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.
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