Zaber manufactures precision motion control equipment—motorized stages, linear actuators, and gantry systems—with a tech stack split between embedded firmware (C++, ARM Cortex-M, Go) and modern application layers (Python, TypeScript, React, Electron). Active hiring skews heavily engineering (6 of 9 roles), with a focus on product redesigns, test infrastructure, and a new motion library SDK, suggesting movement toward both hardware iteration and software-enabled platforms.
Zaber designs and manufactures precision motion control hardware for photonics, life sciences, microscopy, and industrial automation applications. The company operates as a privately held, employee-owned firm founded in 1997, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their product portfolio includes motorized linear stages, vacuum-compatible stages, rotation stages, and XY gantry systems. The organization spans engineering, manufacturing, and operations, with current development focused on complete product redesigns, new test jigs, and expanding measurement capabilities in their test infrastructure.
Zaber's stack includes embedded systems (C++, C++23, ARM Cortex-M, Go), application/UI layers (Python, TypeScript, React, Electron, JavaScript), and integration platforms (AWS, MATLAB, Java, Swift).
Current projects include complete product redesigns, expanded test infrastructure and measurement capabilities, new test jigs, precision automation product design, and development of the Zaber Motion Library SDK.
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