System Engineer

Systems Engineer

Company: Shoonya Recycling (formerly CKCPC Recycling Technologies Pvt. Ltd.) 

Location: Ghaziabad 

Experience: 3–5 years 

Type: Full-time | Hands-on | High ownership

About Shoonya Recycling:

Shoonya Recycling (www.shoonyarecycling.in) is building India's next-generation urban mining and critical materials recovery platform — starting with lithium-ion batteries and expanding into magnets, electronics, and advanced recycling systems.

We currently process 100,000 kg of battery scrap per month and are scaling to 500,000 kg/month by end-2026.

We operate at the intersection of:

• Hardcore hardware (robotics, automation, industrial machines)
• AI & machine vision
• Industrial-scale execution

Our mission is blunt and ambitious: 

Build machines and systems that make recycling scalable, safe, and economically inevitable.

Shoonya is founded by operators and engineers who've built profitable manufacturing businesses, production lines, and deep-tech systems across automotive, EVs, recycling, and automation. This is not a research lab. This is real execution, on real shop floors, with real impact.

Who This Role Is For

You'll fit right in if you

• Enjoy integrating multiple subsystems into one working machine
• Like seeing sensors, motors, cameras, PLCs, and code talk to each other
• Stay calm when systems fail and debug step-by-step
• Learn fastest by building, testing, breaking, and fixing

If you've done Robocon, robotics clubs, industrial automation projects, machine vision systems, Arduino/Raspberry Pi/PLC work, you'll feel at home.

What You'll Work On (Real Stuff)

1. Machines & Automation

• Design and develop battery sorting machines
• Work on battery disassembly and shredding automation
• Coordinate motors, drives, sensors, safety circuits, cameras, and controllers
• Commission machines on the shop floor
• Debug electrical, logic, timing, and safety issues

2. Software, Vision & IoT

• Machine vision integration (OpenCV, cameras, lighting)
• Logic for classification, detection, counting, safety
• IoT dashboards, data logging, alerts

3. Embedded Systems & Controls

• Work with microcontrollers (Arduino / ESP32 / Raspberry Pi)
• Sensor interfacing, motor control, interlocks, fault handling
• Communication between embedded systems and PLCs
• Data capture and basic edge processing

4. End-to-End Ownership

• From concept → quick prototyping → working machine
• You own the system until it runs reliably on the shop floor

What We're Looking For

Must-Have Mindset

• Systems thinker with a builder's attitude
• High curiosity, low ego
• Comfortable with ambiguity and messy realities
• Bias toward action over perfection
• Willing to get hands dirty (literally)

Preferred Background

• Mechatronics / Electronics / Electrical / Robotics / Instrumentation
• 3–5 years of experience
• Exposure to:
• Robotics / Robocon / SAE / Formula Student
• Machine vision projects. PLC or embedded systems projects
• Automation or industrial internships

Technical Exposure (Not All Mandatory)

• PLCs (Siemens / Delta / Allen Bradley / any equivalent)
• Embedded platforms: Arduino, ESP32, Raspberry Pi
• Sensors, motors, VFDs, encoders, safety devices
• OpenCV / Python / C++ for vision or logic
• Basic industrial networking (Modbus, Ethernet, serial)

What You'll Get (Straight Talk)

• Learn more in 12 months than 3 years in a large automation company
• Direct exposure to real industrial problems and decisions
• Ownership of production-running systems
• Deep experience in EV, recycling, AI, and industrial automation
• Growth path into Lead Automation Engineer / Systems Architect

This is not a desk job. 

This is not a narrowly defined role.

This is a builder + integrator's role. 

If that excites you — welcome.