Job Responsibilities
I decided to go back to university last year; therefore I do not
work for this company at the moment. My decision was based on my
constant desire of learning. But I'm sure that my past
experience could still help this survey.
I worked as a service technician for a company who mainly
operate in the industrial robotic field (integrator to be more
precise). Once the project is sold to a specific customer and
the engineering is done, that??s where my job starts. At first we
all sit together, because yes I don??t work alone! We determine
components required for the project and we do all the purchases.
This process takes usually one day depending on the size of the
project. We first start by assembling the robotic safety guards
than position the robot. Than we install the mechanical safety
devices, worktables and tool holders. Simultaneously the wiring
for robot hand and other electronics components are assembled. I
would say, overall it takes about two weeks with a team of 2-3.
Final step was to program the robot for the customer needs.
Depending on the complexity of the project that is the longest
part, but also the most interesting one.
Once the robotic cell is final and meets all the safety
requirements and testing, we invite the customer to see in
action is robot in our facilities. When the customer is
satisfied, we ship the project and install it at his facilities.
Then over the following months and years we offer customer
support service.
One day is never the same so it would be hard to give a very
specific job description.
We sometimes switch roles in the team in order to diversifies
and learn. We each have our specialty mind is robot programming
and mechanical assembly. The normal working week is 40 hours but
sometimes specially during rush period and tight deadlines it
could go up to 50 hours a week.
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Job Requirements
My education started in the armed forces; I graduated from
military school with a mechanical engineering course (3 years).
This course touched everything from physics, maths, machining,
welding and many more. After the completion of my military
service 7 years overall I started to work in this industry. At
first my employer sends me on different specialty robotic course
like programming, maintenance and many more.
But the best school will always be the hands on the job!
I have to say that having the military experience in your resume
really helped finding this job.
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Uppers
Like I explain in # 1 a working day is never the same I consider it has an upper
for this job. It's also a very challenging and rewarding job from my point of
view. Working with high tech toys (figure of speech) overwhelms me every times
we
finish a project an the customer is satisfied.
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Downers
Unfortunately, like many other job this one is not perfect. The
biggest downer is sometimes you have to travel to a customer
facility on a very short notice.
And dealing with impatient customer is hard sometime.
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Lifestyle
It's a very demanding domain but it??s worth it if you are
looking for a high tech challenge.
You most expect to travel a lot and expect to be away from home.
But if you are like me, it is one of the reasons why I like the
job.
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Compensation
My base salary when I started was in the range of 35000-38000$
Can. The yearly increase was about 7-8%. All travel expense was
paid for.
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Advice to Jobseekers
It's a very demanding domain but it??s worth it if you are
looking for a high tech challenge.
You most expect to travel a lot and expect to be away from home.
But if you are like me, it is one of the reasons why I like the
job.
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