Description
Compensation
The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If the role is non-exempt, overtime pay will be provided consistent with applicable laws. In addition to the salary range listed above, total compensation also includes generous equity, performance-related bonus(es) for eligible employees, and the following benefits.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
- Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
- 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
- Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
- Relocation support for eligible employees
- Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.
About the Team
Our Robotics team is focused on unlocking general-purpose robotics and pushing towards AGI-level intelligence in dynamic, real-world settings. Working across the entire model stack, we integrate cutting-edge hardware and software to explore a broad range of robotic form factors. We strive to seamlessly blend high-level AI capabilities with the constraints of physical systems to improve peoples’ lives.
About the Role
We are seeking Engineering Technicians to support the assembly, testing, and prototyping of custom electromechanical actuators for advanced robotic systems. You will build and test hardware from engineering drawings and procedures through inspection, troubleshooting, and rework, partnering closely with mechanical, electrical, manufacturing, and test engineers.
These roles focus on hands-on work with precision electromechanical hardware, including stator prototypes, motor and actuator assemblies, and mechanical and electrical testing. You will help turn engineering designs into validated hardware while improving build records, work instructions, and repeatable assembly and test practices for future robotic platforms.
Responsibilities
- Assemble subassemblies and complete actuators from drawings, bills of materials, and work instructions, checking fit, orientation, torque, routing, and workmanship.
- Set up and run established mechanical and electrical tests, confirm the setup against the procedure, record measurements, and identify unexpected results.
- Support winding, insulation, termination, bonding, inspection, and rework using the selected build process and documented instructions.
- Troubleshoot build and test issues with engineers. Isolate problems through inspection and measurement, escalate deviations, and verify the result after approved rework.
- Maintain accurate build and test records, part and revision traceability, inspection results, and rework history.
- Use bench observations to improve work instructions, fixtures, tooling, and parts organization as prototypes evolve.
- Follow safety, ESD, cleanliness, and quality practices, and communicate material shortages, unclear instructions, and other blockers as priorities change.
Requirements
- Have hands-on experience building or testing mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical hardware in a lab, prototype shop, or manufacturing environment.
- Can work from drawings, bills of materials, wiring diagrams, and procedures, and recognize when the instructions and hardware do not agree.
- Use hand tools, torque tools, and measurement equipment carefully, with consistent workmanship and attention to units and acceptance limits.
- Troubleshoot methodically, document observations, and know when to pause work and ask for engineering support.
- Take ownership of build quality and records while adapting to changing designs and priorities.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience relevant to the selected specialty may include:
- Building or testing actuators, motors, robotics hardware, servos, or other precision electromechanical systems.
- Motor manufacturing, especially stator assembly, winding, insulation, termination, bonding, impregnation, or inspection.
- Soldering, crimping, connector assembly, harness routing, adhesives, or fixture-assisted assembly.
- Mechanical or electrical test setup, instrument checks, measurement capture, and documenting unexpected results.
- Inspection, traceability, nonconformance handling, and structured rework.
- Hands-on rework, basic machining, or prototype part modification using shop tools.
- Use of calipers, micrometers, multimeters, LCR meters, insulation-resistance testers, or torque tools.
- Improving prototype or manufacturing work instructions and build processes.