Robotics Engineer I

Ascential Medical & Life SciencesBurke, VirginiaOn-siteFull-timeNew grad, 0–1 yearsListed 2 days ago

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About this role

- Follow established safety practices, including lockout/tagout and robot safeguarding procedures, during cell work, checkout, and field activities, and promptly raise safety concerns to senior engineers.

- Integrate robots with PLC, safety, and vision systems in compliance with robotic safety standards (ANSI/RIA, ISO 10218), verifying handshaking, fault handling, and safety functions during build and checkout, and support machine risk assessments led by senior engineers.

- Develop complete robot programs for standard machine applications from reference designs and company templates with minimal assistance, meeting project schedule.

- Develop robot cell simulations and offline programs for standard applications, including cell layout validation, reach studies, and cycle time estimates.

- Lead robot startups on standard machines and coordinate installation services, resolving punch-list items by committed dates.

- Support Controls Engineers with PLC and HMI programming during build, startup, and upgrade projects.

- Instruct Field Service Engineers in the operation and startup of robotic systems, and assist in onboarding RE I engineers and answering technical questions from junior team members.

- Communicate effectively with customers, project managers, and team members while managing multiple concurrent projects.