Robotics Technician

ZT Group Intl; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 40,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

401k match

Tuition reimbursement

Wellbeing resources

Job summary

ZT Systems seeks a Robotics Technician to own the day‑to‑day health of KUKA robotic arms in its Advanced Automation Infrastructure team. You will calibrate, maintain, troubleshoot, and recover systems to keep automated assembly operations running at peak performance.

You will work with KUKA field service and internal engineering on complex repairs, while maintaining detailed programs, calibration data, and maintenance records across robotic cells.

Qualifications

• Trade school cert in a technical field.
• 6+ years of experience in automated manufacturing.
• KUKA robotics experience preferred.
• Strong diagnostic abilities across mechanical, electrical, controls.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain KUKA robotic systems, calibrate and perform preventive maintenance.
• Diagnose complex robot/controller/EOAT faults and minimize downtime.
• Develop critical spares strategy for rapid recovery of equipment.
• Collaborate with KUKA field service and internal engineering on repairs and upgrades.
• Maintain robot programs, configurations, and maintenance records.
• Analyze downtime trends and identify reliability improvements to boost availability.
• Cross-train and provide backup support for automated controls and mechanical systems.

Skills

Robotics experience

Troubleshooting

Maintenance planning

Root-cause analysis

Strong communication

Education

Trade school certification in a technical field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

About the role: The Robotics Technician serves the Advanced Automation Infrastructure team and is on the front line of ZT Systems' automated assembly operations, keeping our robotic systems running at peak performance. You'll own the day-to-day health of KUKA robotic arms, leading calibration, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, and recovery when equipment goes down. This is an opportunity to build hands‑on expertise at the center of next‑generation manufacturing for one of the industry's leading hyperscale system integrators.

What you'll do

• Serve as the owner for KUKA robotic systems, maintaining robot performance, availability, calibration, mastering, and preventive maintenance.
• Diagnose and resolve complex robot, controller, EOAT, and robotic cell faults, minimizing production downtime and escalating advanced issues to KUKA when required.
• Develop and maintain a KUKA‑specific critical spares strategy, ensuring high‑risk components are available to support rapid recovery of equipment.
• Partner with KUKA field service and internal engineering teams on complex repairs, system improvements, upgrades, and recurring failure elimination.
• Maintain accurate robot programs, configurations, calibration data, maintenance records, and recovery documentation for each robotic cell.
• Analyze equipment performance and downtime trends to identify root causes, reliability improvements, and opportunities to increase automation availability.
• Crosstrain and provide backup support for the automated controls and mechanical systems to build team‑wide knowledge and eliminate single points of knowledge.

What you bring

• A minimum of a trade school certification in a technical field and 6+ years of practical experience in an automated manufacturing environment.
• Strong hands‑on expertise with industrial robotics, including programming, troubleshooting, calibration, mastering, axis/servo systems, and controller diagnostics across a wide platform of robots. KUKA experience highly preferred.
• Proven ability to diagnose complex robotic faults independently, distinguishing mechanical, electrical, controls, software, and communication‑related issues.
• Strong experience with End‑of‑Arm Tooling (EOAT), robot‑to‑tool interfaces, pneumatic systems, sensors, and tooling‑related failure modes.
• Experience developing and executing robot preventive maintenance, calibration, recovery, and reliability programs in a production environment.
• Ability to interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, I/O documentation, robot programs, and technical manuals to systematically troubleshoot equipment.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with OEM field service teams, lead technical escalations, and communicate effectively with engineering and operations.
• A continuous‑improvement mindset, with the ability to identify recurring failures, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement changes that improve equipment availability and reduce downtime.
• Experience with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, and Word).
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be $35 hourly. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

About ZT Systems

At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you'll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world‑class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands‑on experience in a fast‑paced environment that's challenging, rewarding, and career‑defining.

A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities‑to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today‑and transforming the future of tomorrow.

Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.

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