Robotics Mechanical Engineer Job in London, England

Xihelm is a leading computer vision startup, combining deep learning, computer vision and artificial intelligence to create solutions for real world problems - changing the economics of industries. We have a leading technical team of software engineers and PhD researchers, with extensive commercial experience, patents and publications.

The company was founded at Entrepreneur First - Europe's leading pre-seed investment programme for technical founders, and later raised venture capital.

Xihelm validated the core technology in several industries, both technically and commercially. The company is now pursuing an agritech-first strategy, where the technology can change the efficiency of a labour-inefficient global industry.

Robotics Mechanical Engineer Job Description

Intro 

Interested in applying your cutting edge robotics research to a brand new green field applications? Want to work in a startup, get paid properly, and have meaningful equity?
Xihelm is a venture capital backed, applied deep AI startup focused on turning live video into action, and is an Entrepreneur First graduate, founded by an ex-Googler. We have real enterprise and government customers, and are working on robotic automation to solve farming.
There’s a good chance to help define our culture as employee #7. So far, we enjoy our team lunches, and the CEO’s formidable trigger finger in Laser Quest. What would you like to do?
We’re looking for impressive people. Think you can get a 7-DOF robot arm to cut fruit in the time most people eat a banana? Come talk to us.

Responsibilities 

Design, plan and build end effectors for robots to solve new challenges in automated precision agriculture. 
Prototype new programmable robot designs, and enable AI team to use in see/understand/act software platform. 
Work closely with executive and sales teams on ensuring customer requirements are met for field trials. 
Provide guidance on production, cost optimisation, robot technical support and getting the end-to-end product working at peak performance

Robotics Mechanical Engineer Job Requirements

Qualifications 

• Minimum qualifications: 
• BSc. in Mechanical Engineering required. 
• Professional experience in designing, prototyping and implementing robot end effectors. 
• Have built and integrated software controlled actuators or PIC/motor. 
• Experience with CAD modelling programs (SolidWorks preferred). 
• Good knowledge of Linux and (Python and/or C++). 
• Can write software, assemble electronics, and engineer mechanisms.              
• Experience designing electro-mechanical systems for robot end-effectors. 
• Capabilities in 3D printing, part assembly, and prototyping - working in house and with fabricators. 
• Experience working with sensors, motors and other electro-mechanical systems. Even better if visual servoing. 
• System test or QA experience. 
• Knowledge of robot arms, robot sensors, electricals and related software development. 
• Algorithmic understanding of motion/path planning; inverse kinematics. 
• Developed software for ABB, Universal Robotics, Fanuc, SMC, Kuka robotics. 
• Has got a robotics-based product to market. 
• Can help us cut organic material reliably on a robot arm.

Robotics Mechanical Engineer Application Information

Please note 

At the moment we aren’t able to sponsor visas or support remote work unfortunately. You’ll need to be an EU citizen or authorised to work in the UK, and be willing to work from our funky office in London

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