Lead Robotics & Automation Engineer - On-Site

VoltForce; San Leandro (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

VoltForce seeks a Staff Robotics and Automation Engineer to own robotics and automation integration for its material inspection platform. You will lead development, validation, commissioning, and ongoing support with hands-on programming of industrial robot arms and cobots, including CAD-to-path workflows and tool development.

Strong mechanical design capability and safety expertise are essential. You will collaborate with mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and applications engineers to

Qualifications

• 5–10 years hands-on experience programming and deploying industrial robot arms and collaborative robots.
• Strong secondary skillset in mechanical design and engineering with tooling experience.
• Proven leadership of robotic system architecture from requirements to acceptance testing.
• Robot path generation from CAD geometry, including offline programming.
• Experience developing robot integration software and working with controller APIs.
• Hands-on experience with robotics safety, risk assessment, and fault handling.

Responsibilities

• Own robotics and automation integration across development, commissioning, validation, deployment, and support; define system architecture and interfaces.
• Program and maintain FANUC CRX arms and cobots for scanning, positioning, and fault recovery.
• Develop CAD-to-path workflows translating part geometry into executable trajectories and ensure reachability and collision clearance.
• Develop and validate sensor-based path correction for varying part geometries.
• Integrate robot controllers with PC software via APIs and Ethernet; implement handshakes, status reporting, and data synchronization.
• Lead tests, version control, and controlled releases of robot programs and integration software.

Skills

Robot programming

Mechanical design

System integration

Leadership

Documentation

CAD knowledge

Tools

FANUC CRX

RoboGuide

RoboDK

CAD software

Job description

VoltForce seeks a Staff Robotics and Automation Engineer to own robotics and automation integration for its material inspection platform. You will lead development, validation, commissioning, and ongoing support with hands-on programming of industrial robot arms and cobots, including CAD-to-path workflows and tool development.

Strong mechanical design capability and safety expertise are essential. You will collaborate with mechanical, electrical, systems, software, and applications engineers to