Senior Robotics and Control Engineer

Promise Robotics is a rapidly growing venture-backed technology startup with a mission to help the building industry to harness automation toward producing more affordable and sustainable buildings. Our world-class team combines AI, Industrialized Robotics, and construction under one roof to develop the most advanced robotic products for the construction of highly efficient and sustainable buildings.

We’relooking for a Senior Robotics and Controls Engineer to join our team and contribute to developingcutting-edgesolutions for our core robotic manufacturing technologies. This role is based at our facility inCalgary, AB.

What You'll Do:

• Lead thedesign, development, and continuous improvementof robotic manufacturing systems, emphasizingcontrol robustness, reliability, and optimization.
• Driveapplied R&Dinitiatives inmotion planning,perception, and control integration, advancing system intelligence and autonomy.
• Collaborate across teams toprototype, test, andoptimizerobotic systems — integratinghardware, software, and sensory feedbackfor high-performance, reliable operation.
• Establish andmaintainCI/CD pipelinesfor robotic software, enabling reproducible experiments, automated testing, and reliable system updates.
• Diagnose, troubleshoot, andoptimizerobotic hardware, drivers, and sensory subsystems to improve uptime and reliability.
• Implementprocess optimization frameworksfor performance scalability.
• Foster asafe, collaborative, and R&D-focused environment,maintainingcompliance with all safety and electrical standards.
• Providetechnical leadership and mentorshipto junior engineers

What You'll Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor/College degree in Robotics,Mechatronics,Industrial Automation,Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science

• 8+years experiencewith automation systems programming and control, including industrial robots and PLCs

• Programming experience in**Python, C/C++**or similar languages

• Experience with sensory systems such ascameras, force/torque,laserrangefindersandscannersPLCand HMI programming experience (Beckhoff experience will be a plus)

• Experience in designing fieldbus network architectures (EtherCATexperience will be aplus)

• Experience in Safety Programming

• Willingness toparticipatein a variety of technical areas in both software and hardware as needed to solve complex problems and achieve business impact

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and organization skills

• (Preferred) Proficiency with CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)

• (Preferred) Experience in integratingKUKArobots is a great asset

• (Preferred) Experience with electrical system design implementation in compliance with electrical standards

Benefits:

**Competitive salary:**we believe in data-driven, equitable compensation decisions. We recently completed a compensation review and implemented salary bands that enable us to pay mid to above-average Canadian salaries across various industries.

**Stock options:**everyone has a stake in our company.

**Holistic benefits:**we have a comprehensive benefits package that includes paramedical, dental, vision, and drug coverage for you and your dependents, as well as a health care spending account. These benefits start right from Day 1.

**Flexible personal days and vacation policies:**we care deeply about the well-being of our team.

**Open, collaborative, and supportive culture:**you will be part of an incredibly high-performing and collaborative team changing the future of an industry!

Relocation assistance package (if required)

Promise Robotics is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity.