Manufacturing, Production & Operations Engineer (Autonomous Tile Grouting Robot)

This role requires fluency in Mandarin, as you'll be liaising directly with our Chinese-speaking contract manufacturers and distributors.You'll own the end-to-end build of our tile grouting robot: driving hardware development from parts sourcing all the way through to installation on client sites. Alongside that, you'll keep deployed units running: fixing issues as they come up, handling after-sales support, and showing the robot off to prospective clients.Video demo of the Grouting Robot: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JfY-tL7gGydiFUyScjJLhA6maB6viG6e/viewWhat you'll doWork directly with contract manufacturers to get the robot's subcomponents and modules producedBring parts into Singapore for final build, testing, and onward shipment to site or overseasHandle the customs documentation that comes with thatGuide and train interns on Solidworks CAD, metal cutting, 3D printing, soldering, and electrical/mechanical debuggingBuild out and run hardware/electrical tests to confirm the robot performs as designedWork with the team and outside partners to refine the design, keeping manufacturability and assembly in mindKeep robots running in the field — troubleshooting and after-sales support, locallyRun on-site demos and trials for clients and investorsWork with international distributors to coordinate after-sales support abroadWho you areFluent in Mandarin (spoken and written) which is essential for daily coordination with manufacturing partnersYou want to be in a startup where your work has a direct line to the product and to real clients and operationsYou're fine operating without a clear playbook, and can set your own direction as priorities shiftYou reason from first principles defining what "good" looks like and deciding with incomplete informationYou're driven by impact, with a history of doing more than asked, whether through side projects, open source, or other technical work outside the classroomYou're genuinely into robotics and want to keep exploring it, on the job and offYou tackle things you don't know yet with curiosity, happy to pick up hardware, software, or ops as neededThis role moves fast and changes shape. We're looking for someone who takes ownership, sees how their work fits the bigger picture, and adjusts as things evolve. Includes participation in our Employee Share Options Program.