Integrated automation platform: modular hardware, motion control and machine design software
Vention, a Montreal firm, sells factory automation spanning machine design software, motion control and robot integration with Fanuc, Universal Robots and ABB. Its stack pairs embedded tooling (Yocto, Buildroot, C++, gRPC, MQTT, Modbus, Ethernet/IP) with a React/Nest.js web layer and RAG, pointing to a connected, AI-assisted machine platform. Accelerating, engineering-heavy hiring sits alongside supply chain and procurement pressure.
Vention is a privately held automation company founded in 2016 and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec. It offers a platform combining hardware, software, motion control, cloud connectivity and AI for designing and deploying automated machines. Customers range from small and midsize manufacturers to large enterprises in automotive, consumer goods, aerospace and defense, food and beverage, and electronics. The company employs 201–500 people and hires in Canada, the United States and Germany. Product lines referenced in hiring include rapid-series sanding and palletizing cells.
Vention uses Python, C++, TypeScript, React, Node.js, Nest.js, FastAPI, gRPC, MQTT, Yocto, Buildroot and Docker, plus robot brands Fanuc, Universal Robots and ABB, and Salesforce, Salesloft and Gong for sales.
Yes. Engineering is Vention's largest hiring area and overall hiring is accelerating, with mostly senior and mid-level roles alongside ops, product, sales and manufacturing positions.
Vention hires in Canada, the United States and Germany, with headquarters in Montreal, Quebec.
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