Automation Engineer

Verto People • Austin, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Even is building a network of autonomous factories that manufacture the component parts inside every rocket, jet, drone, submarine, and munition in the US arsenal. We combine software, robotics, and manufacturing processes into a replicable system that we are copying and pasting across the country. By doing so, we are reindustrializing America's most critical supply chains with faster, cheaper, and higher quality manufacturing. Even is building its first facility in Austin, Texas, and is backed by leading investors, including Khosla Ventures, Quiet Capital, Link Ventures, and Alumni Ventures.

Requirements

• Deep hands-on experience with 5-axis milling and CNC machining
• Comfortable in a major CAM package and able to read G-code, write macros, and set up in-process probing is a big plus
• US citizen or lawful permanent resident, as required by ITAR

Nice To Haves

• Experience running, setting up, or engineering automated cells with pallet systems is a big plus
• Experience machining titanium, Inconel, and other hard alloys is a plus

Responsibilities

• Define our standardized tool set and our parameters for tool wear so we know exactly when a tool gets swapped out
• Define our standard vise and workholding system so that we minimize the number of unique vises and fixtures while maximizing the range of parts the cell can hold
• Define our pallet strategy, meaning how jobs are assigned to pallets and sequenced through the cell so it stays running unattended
• Specify and implement machine monitoring hardware such as Marposs and Caron Engineering systems, including spindle load, torque, and vibration sensors, so we can pull live data off every machine and detect a bad cut or a worn tool before it becomes a scrapped part
• Define our next generation quality stack, evaluating technologies such as CT scanning, in-machine probing, and automated CMM programming to decide how every part gets inspected as the cell scales
• Lead machine and equipment selection for the next iterations of the cell, including CNC machines, wash stations, and quality equipment, from requirements through vendor evaluation and acceptance testing
• Prove out new parts through first article and process qualification before they are released to run unattended
• Work with software engineers to build automation workflows into your process

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level