Manufacturing Electrical Engineer, Hands

1X • San Carlos, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

1X is building humanoid robots for home use, aiming to automate chores and tasks to give people more free time. This involves solving complex challenges in robotics, AI, and manufacturing simultaneously, at scale, and in a safe form factor for home environments. The company has been developing these robots since 2014 and is now focused on shipping its flagship product, NEO, a home robot designed for real-world operation alongside people. The company is scaling and hiring intentionally, seeking individuals inspired by the prospect of creating technology that genuinely changes how humans spend their time. The Hands Manufacturing group specifically focuses on transforming visionary engineering into scalable, highly reliable hardware, architecting foundational processes and complex systems for humanoid hands and authoring the production playbook. This team operates with high velocity, attention to detail, and collaboration, working to make ambitious engineering goals a tangible reality.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years with a Bachelor’s or 3+ years with a Master’s degree.
• Hands-on experience with PCBAs, wire harnesses, mechanical assembly, hardware bring-up, and functional/end-of-line testing.
• Proficiency with electrical debug tools, CAD/drawings, GD&T, tolerance analysis, and statistical process qualification methods.
• Demonstrated structured problem solving and effective collaboration across design, quality, test, automation, and production teams.
• Hands-on engineer comfortable debugging electrical hardware and developing production methods on the manufacturing floor.
• Strong electrical-mechanical fluency across schematics, wiring, CAD, drawings, GD&T, and tolerance analysis.
• Test and data driven, using DOE, SPC, capability, yield, OEE, and test data to validate decisions.
• Structured problem solver who drives issues to true root cause and implements durable controls.
• Strong ownership and communication, influencing cross-functional teams and driving processes from concept through qualified production.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with PCBA manufacturing processes such as SMT, reflow, conformal coating, potting, and rework.
• Experience with wire harness manufacturing, including crimping, soldering, overmolding, and continuity or hipot test.
• Experience developing processes for robotic hands, compact actuators, or other high complexity, tight tolerance electromechanical assemblies.
• Experience building computer-based test software and test data pipelines using Python, LabVIEW, SQL, or equivalent.
• Experience scaling a low volume, high mix process into repeatable higher volume production using lean manufacturing, line balancing, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Own electromechanical manufacturing processes from prototype through production ramp, including PCBAs, harnesses, sensors, actuators, and integration.
• Develop and validate functional and end-of-line test systems, including test coverage, limits, instrumentation, and data capture.
• Design and qualify fixtures, tooling, assembly methods, and production stations for repeatable, ergonomic, mistake-proofed manufacturing.
• Improve first-pass yield, process capability, cycle time, OEE, and cost through data-driven root cause and corrective action.
• Influence product design through DFM, DFA, and DFT to eliminate manufacturing and test risk early.

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, 50% on the next 2%)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior