Integration Engineer - Hands
About The Position
The Integration Engineer will build and own tests that verify NEO’s hands. The role develops test software, stations, and procedures to characterize hand actuators and sensors, identify failures early, and support reliable production. It bridges bench validation and the production line, requiring an understanding of what each test measures and the ability to turn raw data into clear root causes. The engineer collaborates closely with electrical, firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to ensure designs match what is built and continue to work. The Hands team develops the dexterous, high-cycle robotic hands used by NEO to grasp, manipulate, and assist with tasks around the home. Test engineering supports the subsystem from early bench characterization and design validation through production testing and field returns.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of professional experience in hardware test, validation, or manufacturing test engineering.
- Experience writing software for test and test automation, including pass/fail scripts, data logging, and plotting.
- Strong electromechanical fundamentals, including motors (FOC basics, torque, current, and back-EMF), encoders, gearing, and friction.
- Comfort working in Linux, including SSH, process and service management, and troubleshooting disks and networks.
- Hands-on bench experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, thermocouples, load cells, wiring, and fixturing.
- Embedded and firmware literacy, including the ability to build and flash firmware onto boards and read C/C++ well enough to trace faults.
- Working knowledge of Git, including branching, keeping branches up to date with main, and opening clean merge requests.
- Strong electromechanical intuition and understanding of what a test measures.
- Rigorous, data-driven debugging skills, including tracing faults from logs or waveforms to hardware, firmware, or test sources.
- A production-minded approach, with care around live equipment, disciplined procedures, and attention to repeatability.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort working across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries.
- Ownership, accountability, execution focus, and commitment to continuous improvement.
Nice To Haves
- Robotics experience, ideally with robotic hands, grippers, or high-cycle actuators.
- Basic fixture design experience, including CAD and 3D printing for test jigs.
- Experience building automated test infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, or hardware-in-the-loop validation systems.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, deployment, or field operations for complex products.
- Familiarity with ROS, robotic middleware, or real-time distributed control systems.
Responsibilities
- Build automated pass/fail test scripts that log data and generate plots to characterize hand actuators, encoders, and sensors with repeatable results.
- Own and maintain test PCs and production stations, ensuring they remain healthy, networked, and equipped with validated software.
- Analyze failures by retrieving logs, locating when failures occurred, and writing root-cause summaries that support design and process improvements.
- Write repeatable procedures and build tests that technicians can run safely and consistently on live production equipment.
- Design and build test fixtures and jigs to accelerate validation of hands, grippers, and high-cycle actuators.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match: 100% on the first 3% of contributions and 50% on the next 2%.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options.
- Commuter benefits for transit and parking.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support.
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
