Engineering Technician, Robot Systems

Job description

Job responsibilities

• System Build & Bring-Up: Assemble, integrate, and bring up robots, subsystems (arms, hands, actuators, mobile bases, compute), and test fixtures from engineering drawings, BOMs, and work instructions.
• Test & Validation: Execute component-, subsystem-, and system-level tests, including functional, performance, endurance/life, and environmental (thermal, humidity, ingress, vibration) testing.
• Test Development & Automation: Help write and improve test procedures. Build and maintain test fixtures and stations, and script repetitive tests and data capture (Python/bash) so they run consistently.
• Fleet Maintenance: Own preventive maintenance and inspection for our internal robot fleet, which runs research, data collection, and demos. Track wear and failure trends, and keep downtime low.
• Troubleshooting & Failure Analysis: Diagnose electrical, mechanical, and system-level faults using multimeters, oscilloscopes, current probes, logs, and telemetry.
• Field Support: Travel occasionally (~10–20%) to customer and partner sites to support installs, repairs, and debugging, working alongside our Hardware Support team.
• Documentation: Maintain accurate records of builds, test results, repairs, and configuration per serial number. Turn what you learn into runbooks and troubleshooting guides.
• Engineering Feedback Loop: Flag recurring failures, assembly pain points, and design-for-test or design-for-service improvements to the mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams.

Job requirements

• 2+ years of hands-on experience building, testing, maintaining, or repairing complex electromechanical systems, such as robotics, automation, automotive/EV, aerospace, medical devices, or consumer hardware.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fundamentals: you can read schematics, wiring diagrams, and mechanical drawings, and you're comfortable with crimping, soldering, harness work, and torque-controlled assembly.
• Fluency with diagnostic tools: DMM, oscilloscope, power supplies, current probes.
• Comfort on a Linux command line: SSH into a robot, read logs, run scripts, flash and update software.
• Methodical approach to testing and data. You follow procedures precisely, notice when something looks off, and record what happened accurately.
• Clear written and verbal communication with engineers and, when in the field, with customers.
• Associate's or bachelor's degree in an engineering or technical field, military technical training, or equivalent hands-on experience. We weigh track record over credentials.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs, stand for extended periods, and travel occasionally.