Join our Frontier AI & Robotics team to support the hardware integration of next-generation robotic systems that will transform how robots perceive and interact with the world. You'll take ownership of hands-on hardware assembly, software integration, and system validation tasks across advanced actuators, precision sensors, and robotic subsystems - ensuring they work seamlessly together to support breakthrough AI research and real-world deployment.

Key job responsibilities

- Assembly, Integration & DFx - Assemble and integrate robotic hardware (actuators, sensors, vision systems, machined components). Execute assembly processes and test protocols developed with engineering. Provide DFM/DFA feedback and perform simple mechanical/electrical/software design tasks; support integration/debug and partner with engineers to optimize manufacturability and testability.

- R&D Prototype Test & Validation - Validate hardware revisions, verify mechanical assemblies, power sequencing, communication interfaces, and peripherals during bring-up.

- Debugging & Failure Analysis - Troubleshoot and root-cause issues across the robotic platform (power, compute, comms, actuators, sensors). Conduct failure analysis from component to system level. Reproduce critical failures, interpret schematics, and bridge communication between the lab and engineering teams.

- Technical Documentation - Author and maintain runbooks, failure analysis reports, assembly guides, and troubleshooting guides; uphold consistent documentation standards across the lab.

- Mechanical Design Support - Perform simple R&D design tasks and test fixture design in CAD, ensuring quality and alignment with engineering priorities.

- Lab Operations Support - Support machine shop capabilities, equipment maintenance, inventory management, vendor coordination, and safety/regulatory compliance.

- Test Capability Development - Develop test methodologies, design jigs/fixtures, support hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing, and streamline failure-to-resolution workflows.

A day in the life

Your focus centers on the hardware and software that powers our advanced robotic platforms. You'll execute high degree-of-freedom (DoF) robotic prototype assembly and validation, working alongside engineers and fellow technicians. Your responsibilities include building, debugging, validating prototype, performing critical component and assembly quality assessments, providing DFM/DFA feedback to engineers, and designing test jigs and fixtures.

Throughout the day, you balance complex assemblies and integration testing while handling urgent prototyping requests, documentation updates, and preparation for upcoming milestones. You're switching between working at the bench, collaborating in design reviews with engineers, and ensuring lab safety and equipment maintenance.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Knowledge of tools and measurement devices (oscilloscope, frequency analyzer, or equivalent)

- 4+ years of robotics work cells and control systems experience

- Understanding of electromechanical systems including power distribution, communication buses (CAN, EtherCAT, RS-485), and sensor integration

- Experience developing assembly procedures, test protocols, and technical documentation for prototype hardware

- Proficiency in SolidWorks or equivalent CAD software

- Ability to write diagnostic and implement test automation software

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree or foreign equivalent in robotics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or a related field

- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, mechanical drawings, and system architecture diagrams

- Experience designing, integrating, and troubleshooting high degree-of-freedom robotic systems, including actuators, force/torque sensors, IMUs, encoders, vision systems, and associated control hardware

- Operational experience with robotic control systems, including performance monitoring, hardware health diagnostics, and data-driven analysis of robotic system behavior during testing and deployment

- Hands-on experience in robotics labs or hardware/software integration environments, including familiarity with hardware-in-the-loop testing methodologies and robotic system acceptance test procedures

- Experience mentoring junior technicians or lab team members