Carpenter Technician

LAI Games is an arcade experience company that connects people with games. We’re building an arcade experience ecosystem comprising of physical arcade games, consumer and location-based VR games and experiences, and other exciting arcade-based titles that connect, engage, and delight players across physical and virtual worlds.

As our Carpenter technician, you will take charge of our 1,500 sqft workshop, responsible for the fabrication of our game prototypes and mechanisms. You will play an integral role in the development of our products by ensuring our engineering activities are both elegant and robust.

This is a hands-on, onsite position and our Carpenter Technician will possess sound practical experience in various materials and fabrication techniques, engineering, fittings, dimensions, and tolerances. As an arcade game development team, we often design with our hands, and this role requires a strong understanding of when to be quick and messy, rapid prototyping ideas for evaluation, as well as when to be measured and precise, ensuring the engineered solution is realized and evaluated as per the design intent.

Key Responsibilities:

- Fabricate rough mock-ups and mechanisms from basic descriptions of the requirements and simple sketches.
- Fabricate accurate game cabinets and mechanisms from detailed engineering drawings.
- Provide Design For Manufacturing & Assembly (DFMA) feedback to the engineering teams.
- Undertake independently the maintenance and repair of workshop equipment.
- Provide support for technical tests.
- Develop and update own skills and knowledge to meet the job requirement through training and self-learning.
- Coordinate and collaborate with outsourcing partners.
- Manage inventory of tools, materials, and other consumables.
- Efficiently and effectively plan, organize, and prioritize tasks involved in the day-to-day running of the workshop.
- Help with the crating/uncrating and assembly/disassembly of arcade game machines.

Required Skills & Experience:

- Preferably with 2-3 years of working experience in a fabrication environment or technical field.
- A solid understanding and hands-on experience in woodworking (carpentry), and construction of various and sometimes complex product designs.
- Working experience in Metalwork (cutting & welding) is an advantage.
- Capable of reading engineering drawings.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, a resourceful team player possessing an inquisitive mind, with an ability to solve problems in a practical and efficient manner.
- Highly efficient and have a good rapport with the development teams.
- Well-developed communication skills in English (reading, writing & speaking) to enable the identification and understanding of project requirements.
- Experience working with fabrication vendors in Singapore for parts that we cannot make ourselves, for the purposes of getting quotations, liaising with them on fabrication-related technical matters, and checking the fabricated parts are made according to specification upon completion

Qualifications/Education:

- Certificates in carpentry are preferred.
- A certificate in welding is an advantage.

What We Offer:

- Performance bonus scheme
- Annual personal technology fund of $1,000 to buy games, toys, and tech
- Annual Timezone Powercard so you can enjoy all the latest arcade games
- Training and education programs
- Private medical, dental, and life insurance coverage
- Flexible working hours
- Monthly self-directed personal development days
- Finish work early every Friday afternoon for social drinks and games
- Work in a dynamic, creative arcade/workspace
- Team events - being a part of the out-of-home entertainment industry, we like to have frequent team events and enjoy what the industry has to offer

LAI Games is a global company committed to growing our employees along with the business. We’ve worked hard to foster an intensely collaborative and creative environment, a diverse and inclusive employee culture, and training and opportunities for professional growth.