# Senior Technician, Robotics

**Company**: Scale
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $134,400-$168,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Scale's Robotics business is rapidly expanding, supporting customers building physical AI. This position will be a key contributor in supporting data collection production in our San Francisco Robotics Lab and prototyping new embodiments.

This is an onsite, hands-on lab role based in San Francisco.

## Responsibilities

### Lab Operations:

- Support day-to-day operations of the Lab by setting up and maintaining robots and collection hardware.

- Manage physical inventory, maintain equipment, and coordinate logistics.

- Provide technical support for data collection operations.

### Technical Ownership:

- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to bring up new robots and productionize maintenance of robots and collection hardware.

- Develop uptime, utilization, and failure mode tracking systems to share with leadership.

- Become a subject matter expert on robotics platforms deployed in the factory.

- Develop technical expertise in areas like 2D and 3D imaging, multi-sensor fusion, GPS/INS navigation systems, and computer vision.

### Cross-Functional Collaboration:

- Communicate effectively across internal and external organizations to align on lab priorities and technical roadmaps.

## Requirements

- Academic or industry experience with an Engineering background, preferably in Computer Science, Mathematics, or other Engineering fields.

- 5+ years of experience in hardware labs or a manufacturing environment.

- Hands-on experience in Robotics, AI, and/or Computer Vision.

- Experience managing risk and operating robots safely.

- Strong project management and interpersonal skills, high attention to detail, and a strong sense of ownership.

- High level of comfort communicating effectively across internal and external organizations.

## Nice to Have

- Experience developing with Python, C++, Java and/or other scripting languages.

- Intellectual curiosity, empathy, and ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy.

- Experience building and/or maintaining lab networks and data pipelines.

- Experience running large-scale data collection and controlled experiments.

- Experience in logistics.

- Lean Six Sigma certification or experience.

## Benefits

- Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage.

- Retirement benefits.

- Learning and development stipend.

- Generous PTO.

- Potential for additional benefits such as a commuter stipend.

## Compensation

The base salary range for this full-time position in San Francisco is: $134,400-$168,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- Robotics
- AI
- Computer Vision
- Hardware Maintenance
- Project Management

### Nice to have
- Python
- C++
- Java
- Scripting Languages
- Lab Networks
- Data Pipelines
- Logistics
- Lean Six Sigma

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