Dynamic Robotics Company with Smart People - Director of Operations PickNik Employee Review

5.0
Aug 7, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Robots Cool and challenging projects Smart people Exciting field (unstructured robotics)

Cons

Delivering production quality robotics software that solves specific customer problems and general, robot-agnostic issues is challenging work

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5.0
Mar 20, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Flexibility and lots of cool projects

Cons

Sometimes it can be hard to balance priorities.

4.0
Feb 19, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Work with some of the smartest and most passionate engineers in robotics - Still small and nimble, no large-company bureaucracy and BS - Work with an extremely broad range of software and hardware - Help NASA and the Space Force develop next-generation space robots - Fun office culture (with a well-stocked kitchen)

Cons

- Consultancy to product company conversion pains. Leadership has made a number of missteps along the way and some engineers who signed up to be consultants feel betrayed. - Still mid-transition on the above, which means the whims of large clients can rapidly change the financial status of the company. - At time of writing, currently struggling due to said large client whims. - Like any niche engineering job, occasional drama due to poor social skills - as evidenced by some of the other reviews here, some bridges have been burnt (often by the CEO).

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