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# Robotics and Control Support Engineer at Promise Robotics

- **Company:** Promise Robotics
- **Location:** Calgary, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-25
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/promiserobotics/612a1fa2-db57-4877-9b47-7acf88e04a8b

## Job description

Promise Robotics is pioneering Physical AI for homebuilding — a rapidly growing, venture-backed company bringing together AI, robotics, and manufacturing to help the homebuilding industry meet the growing demand for housing. Our robotic systems, built and operated inside  AI-powered factories, give the industry the production capacity, consistency, and speed to build more high-quality homes than traditional methods allow. Our team spans AI researchers and roboticists to factory operators, technicians, and production teams — all building the future of homebuilding together.

As a Robotics and Controls Support Engineer, you’ll play a hands-on role supporting the installation, troubleshooting, and optimization of our advanced robotic and automation systems used in off-site construction. You’ll work closely with our controls engineers, field technicians, and production teams to ensure smooth operation of robotic cells, PLC systems, and motion controls equipment. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex automation problems, working cross-functionally between robotics, electrical, and mechanical systems, and helping bridge the gap between engineering and production teams.

What You'll Do:

- Ensure continuous production uptime by promptly diagnosing and resolving equipment issues to minimize downtime and sustain 12 hours operation shifts
- Troubleshoot, diagnose, and repair robotic hardware, sensors, drivers and software
- Contribute to design, development, evaluation and improvement of robotic manufacturing systems and processes by working closely with a diverse technical team of software developers and robotic engineers
- Analyze equipment failures to identify root causes and implement corrective actions that improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
- Develop, refine, and execute equipment validation protocols, including calibration, unit testing, and incremental improvements verification procedures
- Troubleshoot PLCs and robotic systems, including TwinCat and Kuka platforms, supporting automation for walls and floors building processes
- Uphold and promote a culture of safety, compliance, and professionalism
- Establish and maintain regular communication with production team and robot cell operators

What You'll Need to Succeed:

- Bachelor/College degree in Robotics, Industrial Automation, Mechatronics, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Computer Science
- Strong knowledge and experience in industrial robot programming, PLC/HMI, control panel, automation and electrical standards and best practices
- Experience working with sensors such as laser profilers, vision systems, and force sensors
- Willingness to participate in a variety of technical areas in both software and hardware as needed to solve complex problems and achieve business impact
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication and organization skills
- Must be able to push, pull and move equipment and/or material up to 50 pounds when circumstances require
- Ability to safely access and work beneath robotic cells, including bending, kneeling, crouching, and crawling as needed for troubleshooting, commissioning, and repairs.
- (Preferred) 3+ years' experience with automation systems programming and control, including industrial robots
- (Preferred) Programming experience in Python, C, C++ or similar language
- (Preferred) Experience working with Robot Operating System (ROS)
- (Preferred) Programming experience in offline robot path planning tools
- (Preferred) Experience in integrating KUKA robots
- (Preferred) Experience with electrical system design implementation in compliance with electrical standards
- (Preferred) Familiarity with residential construction

Benefits: Competitive salary: we believe in data-driven, equitable compensation decisions. We recently completed a compensation review and implemented salary bands that enable us to pay mid to above-average Canadian salaries across various industries. Stock options: everyone has a stake in our company. Holistic benefits: we have a comprehensive benefits package that includes paramedical, dental, vision, and drug coverage for you and your dependents, as well as a health care spending account. These benefits start right from Day 1. Flexible personal days and vacation policies: we care deeply about the well-being of our team. Open, collaborative, and supportive culture: you will be part of an incredibly high-performing and collaborative team changing the future of an industry! Relocation assistance package (if required)

Promise Robotics is proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, and gender identity.

## About Promise Robotics

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Promise Robotics provides an AI-powered offsite construction platform that integrates robotics, software, and advanced manufacturing to help builders scale home production.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Ramtin Attar (CEO), Reza Nasseri (CTO)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Construction technology (PropTech / Construction Robotics)
- **Target Customers**: Homebuilders, developers, and construction firms looking to scale production via offsite manufacturing and robotic automation. B2B, primarily mid-market to enterprise.
- **Mission / Purpose**: To enable the building industry to harness automation toward producing more affordable and sustainable housing.

## Products & Services
- **Factory-as-a-Service® Platform**: An integrated production platform that connects digital design, robotic production planning, factory operations, and on-site logistics. It allows builders to add scalable factory capacity without having to develop and operate the underlying technology themselves.
- **Industrial Robotic Systems**: Custom automation cells and robotic workstations for tasks such as panel assembly, framing, and material handling.
- **AI-Powered Production Software**: Cloud-based software for end-to-end lifecycle management of home production, from planning to logistics, including precise material and labor take-offs.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Total Funding**: ~$17.8M USD (including a Series A of ~$15M, Seed round, government grants, and debt financing).
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue reported at ~$7M (estimated, as of latest data).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Horizons Ventures (lead Series A), Radical Ventures, PSP Investments, Relay Ventures, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America. Named to BuiltWorlds’ Robotics Top 50 for three consecutive years (2024–2026).
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of ~40 employees (+34.3% YoY). Won the Gold Game-Changer in the CMHC Housing Supply Challenge (2022). Recognized as one of Canada’s Proptech 30 and a CIX Top 20 startup. The company has 3 issued patents for automated assembly of building structures and is actively hiring across engineering and site roles.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Integrated Platform vs. Point Solution**: Promise Robotics combines robotics, software, and factory operations into a single turnkey platform (Factory-as-a-Service), rather than selling just robots or just software. This bundling creates higher switching costs and deeper value for customers.
- **Intelligent Workflow Orchestration**: Their AI optimizes the entire process from digital design to robotic production to site logistics, improving cost certainty and reducing waste.
- **Proven Impact**: They have a track record of delivering factory-based production capacity to homebuilders and have been validated by major industry awards, a government housing challenge win, and multiple patent grants.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale Through Factory-as-a-Service**: Scaling the platform by partnering with more builders, enabling production ramp without requiring customers to build their own factories.
- **Deepening the AI & Robotics Stack**: Continued investment in AI developers, robotics software, and controls engineering to improve production efficiency and automation capabilities.
- **Geographic Expansion**: Operating in Canada and the United States, with plans to grow further across North America given the housing shortage.
- **Sustainability Focus**: Leveraging automation to produce highly efficient, sustainable buildings with less material waste and lower carbon footprint.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Impact**: Employees work on directly addressing the housing crisis and climate change through automation and sustainable construction.
- **Cutting-Edge Tech Stack**: The team works with modern robotics (KUKA), AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), simulation tools (FlexSim, AnyLogic), and cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker) — a strong environment for engineers who love hands-on hardware/software integration.
- **Growth-Oriented Culture**: High headcount growth (+34% YoY) and a small team (~40 people) suggest fast-moving, high-autonomy roles with significant ownership.
- **Collaborative & Creative Values**: The company emphasizes a “creative and innovative” culture, valuing confidence, openness, and curiosity.
- **Office Presence**: Multiple locations including Toronto (HQ) and Calgary. Roles are currently on-site for production positions (site framers, material handlers) with engineering roles likely hybrid or on-site given the hardware focus.
- **Recent Hiring Momentum**: 6 active job postings (Senior Site Framer, Production Framer, Proposal Writer, AI Developers, Robotics Software Developer, Mechanical Engineer) — they are scaling their engineering and production teams rapidly.

## Sources
1. [promiserobotics.com](https://promiserobotics.com/about/)
2. [promiserobotics.com](https://promiserobotics.com/careers/)
3. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/promise-robotics)
4. [linkedin.com](https://linkedin.com/company/promise-robotics)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/promiserobotics)

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