Hardware Engineer

2 weeks ago

Islington N NG, United Kingdom KAIKAKU LIMITED Full time £40,000 - £70,000 per year

KAIKAKU Culture

We at KAIKAKU are transforming the restaurant industry, through a fully vertically integrated approach covering hardware, software and AI. We are firm believers in:

  • Getting into the trenches with the tech you make. You are the user tester, customer success team, support staff, maintenance and technician.
  • The power of generalists. We are not yet interested in specialisations. You must have broad interests in your area of engineering.
  • Motivation through execution. You should thrive when you progress, not when you get to work on 'fun stuff'.
  • Rapid iteration. Not just buzzwords, but actually deploying and testing hardware changes on an hourly rate, through 3DP.
  • No future-proofing. You will be expected to ship products that are missing features and do not work, and then fix them in production. If you are not ashamed of your work, you have shipped too late.
  • Creating products for the customer only. We are not interested in making 'cool' or 'gimmicky' robots. We want to make the most effective, impressive, focused and useful tech in this space.

Please only apply if all of the above sounds right to you. No experience requirements - we are more interested in ability to execute, than a long CV. Your role will be in person, based in Hoxton, London.

Job Responsibilities

  • Support and lead aspects of Fusion (our modular food assembly robot) development and deployment
  • Ideate and prototype design changes
  • Support manufacturing and production (both in-house and outsourced) for scaling of Fusion
  • Support real deployments of Fusion into restaurants, from staff training, to risk assessment to customer success, to heat of the moment troubleshooting
  • We intend to integrate Fusion + the full stack of our restaurant technology into 50 restaurants by 2028

Required Skills

  • Strong CAD skills (we use Onshape)
  • Strong experience with rapid prototyping techniques (FDM, SLS, SLA 3DP, laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication)
  • Excellent design creativity, problem solving and keen DfMA appreciation
  • Passion for actuators, gearboxes, transmissions and experience with complex mechatronics systems
  • Masters in Mechanical, Design, Aerospace, Product, Mechatronics or Electrical Engineering or closely related field

Preferred Skills

  • Software skills (Python, C++ for Arduino, Linux with Raspberry Pis etc.) for prototyping
  • Some experience with manufacturing techniques, including seeing a product/component through the production lifecycle

What We Offer

  • An opportunity to work on technology and see it deployed, sometimes just hours later
  • Joining a high growth, VC backed startup on a scaling and deployment inflection point
  • Significant autonomy and responsibility in your work
  • A highly varied set of tasks, and learning opportunities
  • Competitive salary + equity
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Free lunches at Common Room (and other future restaurant acquisitions)
  • Regular socials, pub visits and off-sites

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: £40,000.00-£70,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Discounted or free food

Work Location: In person

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