Monumental - Amsterdam, NY
posted 4 days ago
About the position
Monumental is automating on-site construction with robotics and software. Our mission is to make construction primarily software-defined and work towards a future where beautiful, bespoke buildings are built within a single day with minimal labour. We're a growing team (about 40 team members) of mostly engineers and technicians, coming from companies like Palantir, Qualcomm, Dyson, Shopify, Tesla, and Meta, that are looking to expand the operational part of our business. We're still in the first days of building the company, and this is a unique opportunity to be an early employee in a high-growth, high-ambition startup environment. From Day 1, you'll be able to work with an experienced founding team backed by top-tier investors. We are looking for a machine shop & manufacturing technician to join our team. You'll be part of our initial machine shop team and will work closely with our hardware and software engineering team. Help us bring our robots to life and join our mission to bring automation to the construction industry to create affordable, beautiful, high quality housing for everyone.
Responsibilities
- Maintaining our workshop and machine tools
- Helping our team fabricate and assemble various prototypes
- Owning and running small series production (e.g., 5-10) for successful designs
- Fabrication and assembly of R&D prototypes
- Getting our designs to small series production: planning and optimizing the build process, feeding back DFM and DFA changes to the hardware team, and fabricating and assembling the robots
- Responsible for ordering hardware and overall stock management, improving our inventory and parts management process where possible
- Running and maintaining our machines in the workshop, including CNC mill, lathe, drill press and lots of 3D printers
- Proposing and ordering new equipment to improve in-house production capabilities when necessary
- Help us run our construction robots and build testing rigs in the office, and occasionally join us and the robots on construction sites to help with whatever is needed
- Manage the workshop and advise our team on best practices for design and manufacturing
- Promoting and maintaining a safe, clean, and organized working environment
Requirements
- Prior experience working in a machine shop or lab environment
- Confidence using CNC mill, lathe, 3D printers, hand tools etc. to manufacture components
- Able to build relatively complex assemblies using top level designs generated using CAD packages
- Familiarity with precision measuring instruments and the ability to machine parts to close tolerances
- A high level of attention to detail
Nice-to-haves
- Projects outside of work to showcase creative skills
- Some experience and understanding of assembling or wiring electronics
- Experience or interest in welding
- Ability to design and edit basic components in CAD
