Experience

Principal Robotics & Automation Systems Engineer

Radion Engineering, Petah Tikva, 2024 to today. Engineering company. The robotics and automation division.

Technical lead of the division, owning each solution from mission analysis and architecture to commissioning on the floor, across robots, grippers, machine vision and safety.
Builder of the division’s commercial engine. Business development, the sales methodology and roadmap, vendor partnerships that made it a one-stop shop, and the marketing channels that feed it.
Builder of the systems the company runs on. A CRM with a sales funnel, follow-up tracking and live dashboards that show the division’s true state at any moment, lead and marketing automation, the division’s website, and RadiaQ, the tool that prices its projects.

System architecture · Machine vision · Business development · Sales methodology · Vendor partnerships · CRM & live dashboards · Marketing automation · Pricing tool

Robotic Systems Engineer, System Architecture & Integration, R&D

Fabric, Tel Aviv, 2022 to 2024. Automated micro-fulfillment centers. R&D team of the robotic picking cell.

System architecture and integration of the picking cell, with robot, safety, cameras and conveyors from several vendors working as one machine.
Reliability ownership. Root-cause investigation of critical downtime across hardware, software and integration, the hardware layout raised to industrial grade and the cell moved to a robust industrial protocol.
UL certification of the cell for the US market.

System architecture · Integration · Reliability · Root-cause analysis · Industrial protocols · Safety PLCs · UL

Lead Robotics Engineer

Civ Robotics, Israel, 2021 to 2022. Start-up building surveying robots for construction sites.

Hardware lead for the robots, from chassis and motor sizing to electronics packaging and motion control, all the way to the field.
Systems engineering of the platform, with requirements, integration and field validation, and GPS RTK and GIS brought into the robots.
A gantry system taken from first requirements to production.

Robot hardware · Mechatronics · Motion control · Systems engineering · GPS RTK · GIS · Gantry systems

Robotics Application Engineer

STXI Motion, Petah Tikva, 2020 to 2021. Distributor of motion-control and robotics products.

Growth of the KUKA robotics line through feasibility studies, simulations and solution design that combined robots, motion control and vision.
Customer and integrator enablement, with training in programming and operation, field support, and the integrator network that carried the applications into factories.

KUKA · Feasibility studies · Robot simulation · Solution design · Training · Integrator network

Robotics & Automation Engineer → Team Leader

GreenBau Tehnologie, Bucharest, 2017 to 2020. Machine-tool company in Romania.

Establishment of the company’s robotics and automation activity, and leadership of its team.
Design and commissioning of complete robotic cells for CNC machine tending, from layout, grippers, pneumatics and electrics to safety, robot programs and PLC logic, with 2D and 3D vision, laser scanners and conveyors over Ethernet/IP, MODBUS and PROFIBUS.
Technical point of contact for customers, with production files and new vendors brought into the portfolio.

Kawasaki · KUKA · Hanwha · Cell design · PLC · Machine vision 2D/3D · CE safety · EOAT design · Team leadership

System Engineer & Project Manager → Prototype Manufacturing Engineer

Israel Defense Forces, 2012 to 2017. Five years as an engineer, from a technical field to the factory floor.

Ownership of the mechanical mounting of light weapons on combat vehicles, from operational requirements through design, integration and experiments to field troubleshooting.
Technical documentation and training of maintenance crews.
Prototype production as the customer’s point of contact in the factory, improving processes and building the tools to monitor them.

Requirements engineering · Mechanical design · Field testing · Project management · Manufacturing processes