Bradford Jokubaitis
About Bradford Jokubaitis
Bradford Jokubaitis is a Product Operations Manager at Scale AI, where he has worked since 2020, leading initiatives that saved $9 million annually in warehouse robotics maintenance. He has a background in industrial engineering and hardware support, with experience at companies like Stroud International and Amazon Robotics.
Work at Scale AI
Bradford Jokubaitis has served as Product Operations Manager at Scale AI since 2020. In this role, he has led a multi-team initiative that achieved annual savings of $9 million by reducing the maintenance burden on warehouse robotics. This effort positively impacted around 4,000 maintenance workers. He has also run new product introduction programs that focus on logistics, novel drive types, robotic arm applications, and human interfaces.
Previous Experience in Engineering
Before joining Scale AI, Bradford worked as an Industrial Engineering Consultant at Stroud International from 2017 to 2019 in the Greater Boston Area. He then transitioned to Amazon Robotics, where he held the position of Hardware Support Engineer from 2019 to 2020. Additionally, he worked as an Engineering Contractor at Spyce for six months in 2017, located in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Technical Skills and Contributions
Bradford developed a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) for a new preventative maintenance strategy in warehouse robotics. He acted as a liaison between hardware developers, users, and equipment maintenance teams to enhance communication and facilitate improvements. His technical skills include creating Python models to analyze failure modes of warehouse industrial robots and predict hardware degradation, which improved his data analysis capabilities in Python and SQL.
Education and Expertise
Bradford Jokubaitis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His studies spanned from 2012 to 2017, providing him with a strong foundation in engineering principles and practices.
Training and Development Initiatives
During his tenure at Amazon Robotics, Bradford organized and conducted training sessions for maintenance technicians on the operation and maintenance of Amazon Robotics equipment. This initiative aimed to enhance the skills of technicians and improve operational efficiency.