Marionet is looking for our second ME/mechatronics engineer to join
our team of four. You should be comfortable working in a fast-paced,
dynamic environment, and be able to unblock yourself as needed.
This position is based in San Francisco, CA.
## About Marionet
Marionet is building a fully automated, commercial, AI-powered manicure robot.
Our vision is to bring automation, affordability and convenience to
the $54B beauty services market, starting with nails. Beauty is an
area that hasn't really seen disruptive tech. All the while, women
are spending a ton of time, money, and cognitive load on beauty services.
We recently raised a seed round led by
<
https://zen.sr/oschuhmhgc>Initialized Capital
(<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Ohanian>Alexis<
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Ohanian>
Ohanian, founder of Reddit, is our partner there). They were joined
by an amazing group of angel investors and advisors, including
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliebornstein/>Julie Bornstein (ex-COO
Stitch Fix, ex-CMO Sephora),
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/noahreadycampbell/>Noah Ready-Campbell
(Founder & CEO Built Robotics),
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-whitman/>Liz Whitman (founded and
sold Manicube to Elizabeth Arden's Red Door Salons),
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/welinder/>Peter Welinder (Lead
Researcher at OpenAI),
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/cynthiayeung/>Cynthia Yeung (ex-COO
CafeX Technologies), <
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vivianchu>Vivian
Chu (Co-founder & CTO, Diligent Robotics),
<
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vijayab/>Vijay Balasubramaniyan (CEO &
Co-founder Pindrop Security) among others.
## Roles/Responsibilities:
- Work as part of an interdisciplinary team to determine robot
requirements and specifications. Have the ability to communicate
design trade-offs to the rest of the team.
- Use a blend of electronics, mechanical and control system expertise
to problem solve and offer solutions to technical challenges on a day
to day basis.
- Iterate quickly through design ideas and iterations using rapid
prototyping techniques, quick turn machine shops, or off the shelf components.
- Assemble or build sub-assemblies and install them on the robot.
Interface with the robot via an API in order to test custom hardware
and overall robot performance.
- Research, select, and apply sensors, communication technologies, or
control devices for motion control, force sensing, weight sensing,
position sensing, pressure sensing, or electronic communication.
- Manage wiring and electronics for the entire lifecycle of a system
(design, fabrication, support)
- Conduct studies to determine the feasibility, costs, or performance
benefits of new mechatronic equipment.
### Pre-requisites:
- Relevant industry experience
- Degree in mechatronics/control systems/electronics/electrical engineering
- Proven experience bringing products to market
- Strong CAD proficiency in Solidworks, Inventor, or Fusion360
### Preferred Experience:
- Experience with PLCs
- Experience with PDM systems and maintaining drawing sets for
suppliers and manufacturers
- Specifying, designing, and validating motion platforms
If this sounds like you, please reach out to us at
**<mailto:jobs_at_marionet.ai>jobs_at_marionet.ai**
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Received on 2020-02-18 07:00:05