Bright Machines

QA Automation Engineer

• You will be responsible for multiple robotic assembly systems deployed to a major tech customer
• You will be interacting with customer and customer manufacturing partner about performance of our equipment
• You will be collecting customer feedback and sharing it within our organization as part of continuous improvement process and product roadmap development
• You will be the primary interface between a team of remote technical experts and those on the line which includes field service engineers and customer production leads
• Use your troubleshooting skills, live data, diagnostic tools, and customer feedback to assess hardware and software anomalies and determine corrective actions
• Maintain status reports at various levels of detail and synthesis
• Educate and train customers on device operation, maintenance, troubleshooting and repair
• Provide excellent customer service, actively listen to customer concerns, and address issues

Site Automation Engineer

Robotics

• Develop computer vision and deep learning algorithms for visual inspection (defect detection, classification, quality validation) and vision-based navigation (localization, visual servoing, pose estimation)
• Design data capture strategies, apply augmentation techniques, and train/fine-tune models for inspection and navigation tasks
• Build and maintain data pipelines and MLOps workflows for training, evaluation, model versioning, and production monitoring
• Collaborate with Mechanical engineers to design illumination setups and optimize imaging configurations
• Support model inference optimization for GPU deployment using CUDA, TensorRT, and related frameworks
• Harden perception solutions for production reliability and work with field teams on deployment and customer rollouts

Robot Perception Engineer – Smart Robotics

Machine Learning Engineer

• Design, implement, and maintain reliable, scalable, and secure infrastructure, applications, and tooling, with a focus on our ML/AI pipelines and workloads
• Write clean, maintainable code, and perform peer code-reviews
• Write clear and concise documentation and engage in cross-team communication and knowledge sharing
• Work with other team members to investigate design approaches, prototype new technology and evaluate technical feasibility
• Pair with adjacent teams to understand how your frameworks and infrastructure are actually used in the field, continuously improving them and leveraging recent advances to improve developer velocity

Senior Platform/MLOps Engineer

• Develop and optimize visual inspection algorithms for defect detection, anomaly detection, classification, and quality validation using deep learning
• Optimize model inference for GPU deployment, leveraging CUDA, TensorRT, and related acceleration frameworks
• Collaborate with Mechanical engineers to design illumination setups that maximize inspection accuracy and robustness
• Build and maintain data pipelines for model training, evaluation, and continuous improvement
• Partner with platform team to establish MLOps practices for model versioning, experiment tracking, automated retraining, and production model monitoring
• Harden inspection solutions for production reliability, including monitoring, alerting, and graceful degradation
• Work with service engineering and field teams to deploy inspection solutions and support customer rollouts
• Define metrics and benchmarks to measure inspection accuracy, throughput, and reliability

Senior Robot Perception Engineer – Smart Robotics

Director

• Maintain and support core IT infrastructure, including operating systems, security tools, servers, networks, enterprise applications, email systems, and end-user devices (laptops, desktops, and hardware).
• Oversee day-to-day IT operations, including systems administration, network performance, cybersecurity, helpdesk support, and vendor management.
• Ensure the reliability, security, and performance of IT systems and services across all global locations.
• Manage business-critical IT tasks and lead technical projects from planning through implementation, including scope, resources, budgeting, and risk management.
• Develop and execute strategic IT initiatives that align with broader business objectives.
• Lead and mentor a distributed team of IT professionals across multiple global locations, supporting their development and performance.
• Manage and optimize key business systems, with primary ownership of NetSuite ERP and Atlassian tools, ensuring effective configuration, integration, and day-to-day operation.
• Establish and enforce IT policies, procedures, and standards to support security, regulatory compliance, and operational best practices.
• Identify and mitigate technology risks by maintaining strong cybersecurity practices, disaster recovery plans, and reliable data backup processes.
• Evaluate, select, and manage IT vendors and service providers, including contract negotiation and SLA oversight.
• Track and maintain hardware and software inventory while researching and recommending emerging technologies to improve efficiency and scalability.
• Provide technical training and support to employees, ensuring effective use of systems and tools across the organization.
• Foster strong collaboration between IT and cross-functional teams to ensure technology solutions effectively support business needs.
• Maintain a strong security-first mindset and help mature the organization’s information security posture, with the potential to grow into a CISO-level leadership role as the company scales.

Director of Information Technology

Technical Product Manager

• Own and articulate the long-term product vision for Bright Machines’ robotics software and controls platform.
• Define and drive a multi-year roadmap that balances platform scalability, customer differentiation, deployment velocity, and architectural integrity.
• Translate executive strategy and customer needs into system-level product requirements that guide engineering investment.
• Lead cross-functional prioritization across robotics software, real-time controls, perception systems, ML pipelines, and hardware interfaces.
• Influence architectural decisions by grounding trade-offs in market impact, scalability, and business value.
• Establish measurable product success metrics tied to real-world production outcomes (yield, reliability, ramp time, cost of deployment, performance).
• Represent the platform strategy in executive forums and customer engagements, articulating technical differentiation and roadmap direction.
• Partner tightly with the Program Management team to ensure product intent translates into disciplined program execution.

Staff Technical Product Manager

Recruitment

• Own full-cycle recruiting for key roles across all functions including engineering, and operations.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, hiring plans, and interview processes
• Source candidates through proactive outreach, referrals, and creative search strategies
• Conduct phone screens, manage candidate relationships, and drive an excellent candidate experience
• Schedule interviews and support coordination needs as we grow our talent team
• Track hiring metrics and pipeline health in our ATS (Lever) and share monthly reporting with hiring teams and leadership
• Collaborate with the rest of the HR team and marketing team on employer branding and candidate communications
• Continuously seek to improve and automate our recruiting processes, documentation, and tools
• Contribute to broader People Team initiatives that may including onboarding and employee experience as we are a small and might team, but plan to grow in the future.

Talent Acquisition Partner

Engineer

• Own the performance and reliability of robotic assembly systems at major customer site
• Serve as the primary technical interface between the customer and Bright Machines’ remote experts
• Use live data, diagnostic tools, and troubleshooting to resolve hardware and software issues
• Drive continuous improvement and ensure high system uptime
• Engage in an on-call rotation for support operations

Site Automation Controls Engineer

Full-stack Engineer

• Implement and deploy Dassault Apriso MES to support Bright Machines’ manufacturing operations
• Configure and extend Apriso and build integrations with enterprise and automation systems
• Develop and validate MES workflows to ensure reliable execution of manufacturing processes
• Partner with other software teams, operations, IT, and vendors to deliver MES solutions
• Troubleshoot and optimize MES performance and data accuracy in production environments

Senior Software Engineer – MES

Technical Program Manager

• Own the full program lifecycle for Bright Machines’ next-generation manufacturing platform—from concept and design through validation, release, and customer deployment.
• Partner closely with hardware (mechanical, electrical, robotics, motion, safety), systems, and software teams to deliver scalable, production-ready automation systems.
• Lead cross-functional planning for major platform features and hardware releases. Define scope, timelines, milestones, cost targets, and system requirements.
• Bring clarity to system architecture, integration, and validation plans.
• Think at the system level. Identify dependencies across mechanical design, controls, embedded systems, robotics, and manufacturing. Ensure hardware, firmware, and software are aligned and validated early.
• Drive disciplined hardware development processes, including requirements definition and traceability, architecture and design reviews, prototype builds, validation planning, and system-level testing.
• Provide clear updates to leadership on program health, risks, budget, and schedule. Highlight trade-offs and drive decisions quickly.
• Deliver milestones on time and within budget. Escalate issues early and remove blockers to keep momentum strong.
• Help build scalable program management processes that improve predictability, quality, and cross-team alignment as the platform grows.
• Bring structure and urgency without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Travel: Up to 25%, primarily during late-stage builds, supplier work, and customer validation.

Senior Technical Program Manager – Automation Platform

• Lead end-to-end execution of software and controls programs that power Bright Machines' next-generation manufacturing platform.
• Partner with robotics software, controls, perception/ML, hardware, cloud, and manufacturing teams to deliver tightly integrated, high-performance systems.
• Drive program planning for major platform releases, define scope, system requirements, integration milestones, validation strategy, and deployment readiness.
• Operate at the intersection of software and physical systems. Identify dependencies across motion planning, real-time controls, machine vision, ML pipelines, embedded systems, and hardware interfaces.
• Lead execution across: Controls architecture and design milestones, Robotics software releases, Perception and ML integration, Hardware-software interface validation, System-level testing and reliability validation.

Site Automation Engineer

Robot Perception Engineer – Smart Robotics

Senior Platform/MLOps Engineer

Senior Robot Perception Engineer – Smart Robotics

Director of Information Technology

Staff Technical Product Manager

Talent Acquisition Partner

Talent Acquisition Partner

Site Automation Controls Engineer

Senior Software Engineer – MES

Senior Technical Program Manager – Automation Platform

Senior Technical Program Manager – Software & Controls, Robotic Platform