Full-Time
Devops Engineer
Posted on 8/22/2024
Bright Machines
201-500 employees
Intelligent automation solutions for manufacturing
Compensation Overview
$130k - $180k/yr
Senior, Expert
San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid position in San Francisco, California.
Hybrid position in San Francisco, California.
Hybrid position in San Francisco, California.
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps role.
- Proven track-record of building & maintaining Cloud Infrastructure for mission critical SaaS applications / services.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and GitOps methodologies.
- Experienced writing code in Python and Shell scripts on Linux.
- Expertise in public cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible etc.).
- Proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes & containerization tools.
- Experience with observability tools (Prometheus/Grafana).
- Be the champion of industry standard best-practices to establish a strong DevOps culture.
- Design, implement, and manage scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure for running applications and automation systems.
- Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment processes using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Kubernetes.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to ensure efficient and continuous delivery of software updates.
- Implement and manage logging, monitoring, and alerting systems, for troubleshooting and ensuring high availability & reliability of the services.
- Drive “shift-left & shift-right” on security. Ensure scans, compliance with the policies and best practices, including vulnerability management and incident response.
- Participate in on-call rotation for supporting the CI/CD pipelines.
Bright Machines specializes in intelligent automation solutions for the manufacturing industry, particularly in electronic assembly. Its main product, the Microfactory, is a software-defined production line that automates high-precision, repetitive tasks, allowing manufacturers to scale operations efficiently and reduce costs. This technology helps clients in various sectors, including electronics, automotive, and medical devices, to enhance the scalability and flexibility of their production lines while addressing challenges like labor shortages and quality control issues. Unlike many competitors, Bright Machines combines hardware and software solutions, generating revenue through the sale of Microfactory units, subscription fees for software updates, and service contracts. The company's goal is to help manufacturers improve efficiency and adapt to changing market conditions.
Company Size
201-500
Company Stage
Series C
Total Funding
$437M
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
Founded
2018
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Recent $126M funding supports product innovation and software stack expansion.
- Increased adoption of digital twins enhances Bright Machines' manufacturing capabilities.
- Rise of edge computing improves efficiency of Bright Machines' Microfactory systems.
What critics are saying
- Increased competition from AI-driven manufacturing startups threatens market share.
- Reliance on strategic partners like Nvidia poses risks if they enter automation space.
- Rapid AI and robotics advancements could render current offerings obsolete.
What makes Bright Machines unique
- Bright Machines offers a unique software-defined manufacturing platform for electronic assembly.
- Their Microfactory automates high-precision, repetitive tasks, enhancing production efficiency.
- The company integrates AI-driven software with robotics for advanced manufacturing solutions.
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Benefits
Flexible Work Hours
Professional Development Budget
Hybrid Work Options
Remote Work Options
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -1%Bright Machines launches Bright Designer for AI design.
Bright Machines appoints Chris Stori as CEO.
Autonomous vehicles fuel $2.7B funding boom in June 2024. By Dan Kara | July 29, 2024Listen to this article. Forty-eight companies that make robots or relevant enabling technologies raised a total of $2.7 billion in June 2024. At press time, this was the highest monthly funding total of 2024. It exceeded May’s total by more than $500 million and was more than double the 12-month trailing investments average of $1.3 billion. Robotics investments for the first six months of 2024 totaled about $8.4 billion
Listen to this articleBright Machines says its full-stack system integrates software and robotics to deliver high-quality products. | Source: Bright Machines. Bright Machines Inc., which claims to be a leader in “software-defined manufacturing,” last week announced that it has raised $126 million in Series C funding. This brings the San Francisco-based company’s total funding to date to $400 million. Bright Machines said it will use the latest funding to launch product innovations, expand its software stack for increased assembly flexibility, and grow strategic relationships with ecosystem partners
Bright Machines, a software-defined manufacturing, announced it has raised $126 millionin Series C funding, with $106 million in equity led by investment from funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and participation from NVIDIA, Microsoft, Eclipse, Jabil and Shinhan Securities, and with $20 million in venture debt from J.P. Morgan.