Culture of Micromanagement - Robotics Engineer Built Robotics Employee Review

The company is well past the 'experimental prototype' phase, and is iteratively improving a codebase actively being used to dig production trench. The engineering approach and has pivoted dramatically since the pre-COVID days, and a lot has been rebuilt from the ground up since then. Good software development practices are enforced with a stringent pull request process that emphasizes simplicity, robustness, understandability, and automated testing. They tend to push for having fewer features that are very reliable instead of more features that are half-baked. If you're coming from an academic robotics background, you may find some of the approaches unconventional. That can take some getting used to, but there is usually good justification for it. It may be simpler and easier to maintain than the 'conventional' approach, and has probably proven to be effective in the field if it is still being used. Remote work has largely been embraced, but the environment is still pretty collaborative despite this. The engineers are passionate, easy to work with, and seem to be sticking around.

They expect a lot of productivity out you. This could be a pro or a con depending on how much you enjoy the work and how much time you are willing to commit. 9AM-7PM PT are the standard hours, but some work other schedules, especially those in other timezones. They are quite accommodating if you need to step out for whatever reason every now and then - you're just expected to work a little more some other time to make up for it. They ultimately expect 50 hours a week, and it's not uncommon to see some choosing working more than that. I'd personally give the company a 5 star rating, but if you don't love the work or don't want to work a lot ​it's probably not the best fit for you.

I don't know I didn't see them I was told I was coming for a robotics role. I showed up to an operator role. I took PT over a day off do an interview for what I thought was a robotics job. Well it's an operator job. You sit and watch a cat excavator and hit a button if it starts malfunctioning. If you just need a job and get paid and don't care about anything else this might be for you. But it's a salary gig so you're only making like 30 to 40 something dollars an hour cuz they expect you to work 6:00 a.m. till like 7

Company just seems very messy. Nothing was set up. You would think you're bringing down and do prospects that you want to get hired. You would kind of set up a system of some sort. Also, there's zero standards. I saw JB weld being used to attach parts to excavators that vibrated all day in the sun. They don't tell you what the true role is before you get there. That a labor nothing more. I wasted three days and few hundred dollars