Automation Engineer

NOI; Bolzano; Hybrid; EUR 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaigos in Bolzano seeks an Automation Engineer to bring welding robots into real production at customer sites, owning the deployment end to end—from understanding the customer's production problem, designing the solution, to commissioning the system on site and achieving field acceptance.

You'll sit between customer and robot, write and read Python and C++, work on Linux, and ensure safety, robust integration, and cycle-time optimization.

Qualifications

• You've deployed automation projects involving robots in production, not just demos.
• You're comfortable with industrial automation, safety, and commissioning on real hardware.
• Proficiency in Python and C++, and familiarity with Linux.

Responsibilities

• Understand the customer's process and define the solution.
• Design the system: cell layout, hardware, safety, sensors, controllers.
• Commission robots on site: program, integrate and tune the system, achieve field acceptance.
• Own the deployment: be the technical point of contact and grow toward leading deployments.

Skills

Python

C++

Linux

Education

Master's degree in Automation, Mechatronics, Electronics, or Software Engineering

Job description

Kaigos is building the autonomy layer for industrial robots, starting with welding, where a robot has to perceive a seam, plan a path, and adapt its parameters in real time against molten metal that doesn't forgive mistakes. Hard perception and control problems with immediate physical feedback. Fast growing, small team, real deployments in production at customer sites, and an autonomy stack that generalises well past welding.

We're looking for an Automation Engineer to keep bringing our welding robots into real production at customer sites, and to own that process end to end as we grow. You'd sit between the customer and the robot: understand the production problem, define the solution, and commission the system until it passes acceptance and welds parts that ship. This is a role for someone who wants to run a deployment, not just contribute to one, and who's aiming to lead an automation function as the team grows.

This role is customer-facing and hands-on. It demands the ability to ship, not just prototype.

Tasks

Understand the customer's process and define the solution. Work directly with the customer to map their production, identify what should be automated, and define the technical solution: how the robot and cell fit their parts, cycle times, and constraints.

Design the system. Cell layout, hardware, integration and safety. Choose the right sensors, controllers and tooling for the job, and make the architecture decisions that hold up on a real shop floor.

Commission robots on site. Program, integrate and tune the system at the customer, write Kaigos proprietary code that runs it, and take it through field acceptance testing until it meets the customer's requirements.

Own the deployment. Be the technical point of contact through the project, keep the customer updated, and grow toward running deployments, and eventually the automation team independently.

Requirements

You've deployed automation projects involving robots in production, not just demos. You've been through field acceptance testing that met a real customer's requirements. If you've done it, you know why we're asking.

You're comfortable with industrial automation, safety, and commissioning on real hardware.

You can write and read Python and C++, and you're at home on Linux.

Master's degree in Automation, Mechatronics, Electronics, or Software Engineering.

Nice-to-have (a plus, not blocking): robotics experience, or a solid software-engineering background.