We’d love to have you join our growing team! At Oat Foundry, we are always looking to meet more people who build cool stuff, know a lot of cool stuff, or simply admire cool stuff. Check out some of our projects, learn more about us, and if it seems like a good fit, send us an email. This is a relaxed, small company atmosphere with strong growth and ample room for advancement for those driven and willing to take on more responsibility.
Oat Foundry’s Core Values
BUILD COOL STUFF
GIVE A DAMN
GROW PURPOSEFULLY
HAVE FUN
Current Openings:
Account Manager
About Oat Foundry
Oat Foundry is an award-winning agency and design firm of engineers that design and build all kinds of cool stuff for brands and companies. Electromechanical stuff. Measurable and Interactive Stuff. Cool Stuff. Our engineering team creates products and installations in our design, prototyping, and manufacturing facility – all under one roof in Philadelphia’s Frankford Arsenal. This is a relaxed, small company atmosphere with strong growth and ample room for advancement for those driven and willing.
About the Opportunity
Since we were founded more than 8 years ago, we’ve become known for building cool stuff. That expertise led to us being asked to create cool products like our Split Flap and Picture Flap displays, among other cool analog technologies.
This position is based in Philadelphia at Oat Foundry’s HQ. The key responsibility of this role is to manage new and existing customer accounts for Split Flap, Picture Flap, and future Oat Foundry analog technology product lines. An account manager is a key part of the customer journey and production fulfillment process for our product lines. This role will report to the President and will routinely interface with the Assembly Supervisor to ensure timely and accurate delivery of high-quality analog technology products.
Compensation and Employment Status
This position is full-time, at-will and comes with a salary and benefits including Health Care, 401(k), Training & Education Credits, Parental Leave, Profit Sharing, Unlimited PTO and more.
Responsibilities include:
- Acting as the main point of contact for customers after a purchase order has been signed.
- Generating and procuring custom artwork for analog technology products including, but not limited to pantone color palette, custom font artboards, and picture flap image artboards.
- Identifying and obtaining approvals for customer-driven customizations and changes to existing purchase orders.
- Scheduling, tracking and communicating anticipated and actual completion dates for fulfillment of purchase orders.
- Scheduling, tracking, and allocating resources for installations of analog technology products.
- Arranging national and international shipping and associated documentation for product delivery.
- Respond to and proactively resolving technical issues and/or customer service calls associated with analog technology products.
- Issuing and tracking customer invoices, including following up on past-due invoices.
A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Experience with customer service
- Project management experience
- Utilizing software platforms to manage project timelines and deliverables
- Highly organized
- Experience with Adobe Illustrator
- Experience with Avaza
- Experience with Microsoft Office
- Procurement experience
- Communication skills
- High standards for quality and exceptional attention to detail
- Experience working with a team to solve problems
Current Openings:
Junior Mechanical Engineer
About Oat Foundry
Oat Foundry is an award-winning agency of engineers that design and build all kinds of cool stuff for brands and companies. Electromechanical stuff. Interactive Stuff. Cool Stuff. Our engineering team creates products and installations in our design, prototyping, and manufacturing facility – all under one roof in Philadelphia’s Frankford Arsenal. This is a relaxed, small company atmosphere with strong growth and ample room for advancement for those driven and willing.
Job Description
Oat Foundry is seeking a Junior Mechanical Engineer to join our Engineering Product Development team. This is a collaborative role on the Engineering team, working with Oat Foundry Innovation, Sales & Marketing, and Operations teams. This is a hands-on, in-person role responsible for designing, fabricating, and testing early- and late-stage product prototypes. In addition to internal products, this person will be responsible for executing tasks similar to the aforementioned to accomplish external client project initiatives.
Details
Full-Time Employment
Base Salary and Benefits
Reports to Project Manager at HQ – Philadelphia, PA
Responsibilities include:
- Product and prototype development: design, fabrication, integration, testing, and documenting early- and late-stage product prototypes including mechanical, electrical and software components in support of product development activities.
- Fixture development and support: ownership over a range of test fixtures and experimental apparatus, including those located at production facilities.
- Performing engineering project tasks; developing, designing, and testing mechanical and software elements of client projects.
- Writing technical reports, handbooks, and bulletins for use by customers and staff.
- Estimating time and cost to complete projects.
- Researching designs and making recommendations based on appearance, safety, budget, and function.
A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- CAD modeling, CAM programming and CNC fabrication
- Electromechanical design
- Vendor vetting and procurement
- Assembling and Troubleshooting Mechanical Systems
- Shop Tools
- Python, Arduino, PLC Programming
- Product Firmware programming
Example role objectives include:
- Develop and release excellent products
- Receive and implement killer Customer feedback
- Impress Clients with thoughtful execution
Current Openings:
Assembly Technician
About Oat Foundry
Oat Foundry is an award-winning agency and design firm that builds all kinds of cool stuff for brands and companies. Electromechanical stuff. Measurable stuff. Interactivestuff. Cool stuff. Our engineering team creates products and installations in our design, prototyping, and manufacturing facility –all under one roof in Philadelphia’s Frankford Arsenal. This is a relaxed, small company atmosphere with strong and ample room for advancement for those driven and willing to take on more responsibility.
Job Description
This position is responsible for the assembly of Oat Foundry products, including but not limited to Split Flap and Picture Flap product lines. An assembly technician is part of an assembly team and will be required to work with others to meet production demands. The assembly team builds and prepares our products for our customers, ensuring utmost quality and timeliness. The position is a full-time salaried position paid semi-monthly, expected 40 hours per work week, Monday thru Friday.
Details
This position is full-time, at-will and comes with a salary and benefits including unlimited PTO, Health Care, 401(k), Training & Education Credits, Parental Leave, Profit Sharing, and more.
Reports to Assembly Supervisor/President at HQ – Philadelphia, PA
Responsibilities include:
- Follow SOPs and WKIs regarding facility cleanliness & hygiene and assembly operation efficacy
- Ensure quality of all sub-assembly and final products
- Identify issues and alert supervisor or engineering staff
- Assembly of Oat Foundry product lines at various stages
- Assembly and testing of stepper motors and printed circuit boards with use of hand tools while maintaining standards of electrostatic discharge prevention
- Assembly of sheet metal panels with use of hand tools (rivet gun)
- Maintain cleanliness of assembly area and general facility
- Focus on activities that contribute to continuous improvement
A successful candidate will have the following qualifications:
- Experience with industry health and safety standards & hygiene best practices
- Experience following direction
- Experience working with a team to solve problems
- High standards for quality and exceptional attention to detail
- Hands-on assembly or fabrication experience
- Highly organized with a focus on cleanliness
- Use of tools (electric drill, pneumatic rivet gun, hand tools)
Please send resume & cover letter to [email protected]
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