Robotics Engineer

PSI Pax, Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Family Leave

Disability Insurance

Training & Development

Job summary

PSI Pax, Inc. seeks a Robotics Engineer to advance AI-enabled robotic systems for North America manufacturing. Reporting to Engineering Manager, you will lead AI/robotics deployment from concept to production, partnering with controls and plant teams to boost capability and reduce fixed costs.

The role emphasizes hands-on development in computer vision, ML, robotics, and sensor fusion, with emphasis on safety and scalable documentation.

Qualifications

• Degree in robotics or related field or equivalent experience.
• Experience deploying manufacturing automation systems.
• Experience in robotics, AI/ML, or advanced automation development.
• Full-stack mindset; delivering complete solutions beyond algorithms.
• Hands-on in computer vision, ML, or robotics.
• Proficiency in Python, C++, ROS; strong software fundamentals.
• Knowledge of sensors (RGB-D, LiDAR, ToF) and data quality.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and deploy AI-enabled robotic solutions to improve capability, flexibility, and performance.
• Develop CV, ML, and sensor fusion for real-world manufacturing applications.
• Build and optimize AI models for industrial hardware with latency and reliability balance.
• Bridge AI Python scripts with standard industrial automation.
• Use simulation tools for concept validation and Sim2Real deployment.
• Lead equipment trials, debugging, and production deployment from PoC to production.
• Collaborate with robotics, controls, and plant teams to integrate AI into production.
• Evaluate emerging Physical AI tech via benchmarking and supplier engagement.
• Ensure safety, reliability, and manufacturability; align with standards.
• Present concepts and results to stakeholders and leadership.
• Manage contractors for testing cells; document for scaling and enablement.

Skills

Manufacturing automation deployments

Robotics

AI/ML (Deep learning)

Computer vision

Python

C++

ROS

Software engineering fundamentals

Sensors (RGBD/LiDAR/ToF)

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field

Job description

Global multi-billion dollar company about 30 minutes north of downtown Lexington, KY area has a need for a Robotics Engineer. This is a direct hire role with a full benefits package.
The primary responsibility of this role is to develop and implement innovative activities, improving manufacturing competitiveness and reducing fixed costs in North America
Reporting to the Engineering Manager the person in this role will support the Advanced Technology department's objective to learn and confirm innovative technologies for vehicle manufacturing.

What You'll Be Doing

• Integrate and deploy AI-enabled robotic solutions to improve manufacturing capability, flexibility, and performance.
• Develop and implement computer vision, machine learning, and sensor fusion solutions for real-world manufacturing applications (e.g., bin picking, part handling, inspection).
• Build and optimize AI models for robust performance on industrial hardware, balancing latency, reliability, and compute constraints.
• Bridge the gap between modern AI Python scripts and standard industrial automation.
• Utilize simulation tools (e.g., Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, or equivalent) to support concept validation, synthetic data generation, and Sim2Real deployment.
• Lead and support equipment trials, debugging, and performance validation from proof-of-concept through production deployment (yokoten).
• Collaborate cross-functionally with robotics engineers, controls engineers, and plant manufacturing teams to integrate AI into production systems.
• Identify, evaluate, and implement emerging Physical AI technologies through benchmarking, supplier engagement, and industry events.
• Ensure solutions meet safety, reliability, and manufacturability requirements, including alignment with applicable standards and internal risk assessments.
• Present technical concepts, results, and recommendations to stakeholders, management, and executive leadership.
• Manage contractors to design and construct testing cells.
• Produce clear, detailed documentation to support future scaling and customer enablement.

Requirements

Qualifications

What You're Bringing

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• Demonstrated experience with manufacturing automation deployments.
• Experience in robotics, AI/ML, or advanced automation development.
• Having a full-stack mindset while working in team environments building complete solutions, not just independent AI algorithms, demonstrations, and experiments.
• Strong hands‑on experience in at least two of the following:
• Computer vision (e.g., detection, segmentation, 3D perception)
• Machine learning / deep learning
• Robotics
• Proficiency in Python, C++, ROS-based systems; strong software engineering fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of different sensor types (RGBD cameras, LiDAR, Time-of-Flight sensors, etc.) and the ability to tune for image quality accuracy and performance.

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Training & Development