SMT Line Technician

Career Genie, Inc; Portugal; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation in early-stage company

Relocation support

Competitive compensation

Island lifestyle and low cost of living

Job summary

Career Genie, Inc in Caniçal, Madeira seeks a skilled professional to operate and maintain the SMT line for producing PCBAs for Ardia robots. You will play a crucial role in hands-on operations, ensuring production quality and efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have experience with SMT production lines, IPC-A-610 standards, and will contribute to the development of innovative robotics technologies. Enjoy the vibrant lifestyle of Madeira while being part of an exciting tech ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience operating an SMT production line.
• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 inspection standards.
• Ability to perform SMT rework under magnification.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate the SMT line: stencil printer, pick-and-place, and reflow oven.
• Perform AOI inspection and rework of PCBA defects.
• Manage SMT consumables: solder paste, stencils, feeders, and component reels.

Skills

Hands-on experience operating an SMT production line

Familiarity with IPC-A-610 inspection standards

Ability to perform SMT rework under magnification

Comfortable reading schematics and assembly drawings

Job description

• Build hardware that powers real robots being prepared for real-world deployment, not just lab demos.
• Join early enough to shape production quality, manufacturing processes, and the long-term evolution of our robotics platform.
• Work at the intersection of robotics, AI, and hardware with a team bringing ambitious systems into production.
• Be part of a Madeira-based innovation hub with close collaboration across electronics, firmware, AI, and robotics engineering.
• Enjoy the opportunity to contribute meaningfully in an early-stage environment where ownership and practical problem-solving matter.

LOCATION

ABOUT DATAMENTORS

Datamentors is a robotics start-up building an agnostic orchestration platform and a family of proprietary robots — quadruped, mobile upper-body and humanoid — assembled at our own factory in Caniçal, Madeira. We also develop custom Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models that give our robots natural-language reasoning and autonomy, deployable across sectors from hospitality and healthcare to defence and logistics. With prototypes running and a clear path to 600 units per year, the engineers joining now will shape both the hardware and the intelligence behind Ardia for years to come.

ROLE OVERVIEW

Operate and maintain the SMT line that produces the PCBAs powering Ardia robots. You will run the line from solder paste printing through reflow, manage AOI inspection, and own first-pass yield.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Set up and operate the SMT line: stencil printer, pick-and-place, and reflow oven
• Perform AOI inspection and rework of PCBA defects
• Manage SMT consumables: solder paste, stencils, feeders, and component reels
• Maintain equipment logs and schedule preventive maintenance

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Hands-on experience operating an SMT production line
• Familiarity with IPC-A-610 inspection standards
• Ability to perform SMT rework under magnification
• Comfortable reading schematics and assembly drawings
• Based in or willing to relocate to Caniçal, Madeira; EU work permit required

WHY DATAMENTORS

• Work on real robots shipping to real customers — not a research lab or demo company
• Equity participation in an early-stage, venture-backed robotics company
• Relocation support and competitive compensation
• Madeira: island lifestyle, low cost of living, and a growing tech ecosystem