Electrical Assembly Lead

Droyd • San Francisco, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

Droyd builds autonomous robotic systems that automate repetitive manual work in production environments. Reliable electrical systems are critical to robot performance, test readiness, and hardware reliability. Our hardware and test teams depend on well-built harnesses, clean electrical integration, and strong execution on the floor. Electrical work supports prototypes, test systems, demos, and production-bound hardware across the company.

As the Electrical Lead at Droyd, you'll own day-to-day electrical build execution across robot hardware and test infrastructure. You'll lead harnessing and electrical assembly work, support integration and debug, and help set the standard for how electrical systems are built, organized, and maintained. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can do careful electrical work, guide others, and bring structure to a fast-moving hardware environment. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. We're an in-person company. We build faster that way.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience with wiring, harnessing, and electrical assembly.
• Skilled in soldering, desoldering, and reworking SMT PCBs of current technology sizes.
• Strong ability to read/interpret PCBA schematics, cable drawings, and test procedures independently.
• Proven ability to build harnesses independently.
• General low-voltage electrical knowledge (0-24V).
• Can troubleshoot electrical issues methodically and communicate clearly about them.
• Can lead by doing and maintaining a high standard of build quality.
• Thrives in a fast-paced hardware environment with changing priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a high-precision industry (robotics, aerospace, medical device, automotive) or a hardware startup.
• Holds an IPC-620 certification or knows IPC-7711/7722 standards, and can help elevate our internal quality benchmarks on the floor.
• Experience documenting data (inspection results, build logs, nonconformances) within an MES, PLM, or ERP system to keep builds repeatable.
• Brings knowledge of board-level communication standards to assist with deeper engineering debug.
• Experience with basic CAD software for viewing drawings.
• Familiar with other prototyping equipment such as laser cutters, sheet metal fabrication tools, and understands 3D printer technologies (FDM, Resin, SLS).

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical build execution across robot systems, prototypes, and test setups.
• Build, review, and improve wire harnesses and cable assemblies.
• Interpret schematics, diagrams, and layouts to perform testing, checkout, troubleshooting, and rework of PCBAs and harnesses.
• Perform PCBA/cable rework to IPC standards.
• Support electrical integration during assembly, testing, and debug.
• Troubleshoot electrical issues and support rework, repair, and root cause efforts.
• Set standards for routing, labeling, connectorization, and serviceability.
• Support and guide technicians doing wiring and electrical assembly work.
• Help organize electrical parts, tools, documentation, and consumables.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed