Manufacturing Electrical Engineer, Hands
About The Position
1X is developing 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 family environments. The company has been working on this 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 changing how humans spend their time through safe and abundant creation. The Hands Manufacturing group is responsible for transforming visionary engineering into scalable, highly reliable hardware. This team architects the foundational processes and complex systems for sophisticated humanoid hands and develops the production playbook. They operate with high velocity, attention to detail, and no ego, collaborating deeply with cross-functional teams to achieve ambitious goals. The role involves building manufacturing systems to bring 1X robots to scale, owning critical processes from prototype through production, and developing robust methods for machining, assembly, inspection, and validation to enhance quality, throughput, and repeatability. Many problems are novel, requiring the engineer to question conventions, test ideas rapidly, learn from the manufacturing floor, and establish dependable production systems. The standard is high, feedback is direct, and all team members are expected to contribute hands-on.
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
- Build the manufacturing systems that bring 1X robots to scale.
- Own critical processes from prototype through production, developing robust machining, assembly, inspection, and validation methods that improve quality, throughput, and repeatability.
- Question convention, test ideas quickly, learn from the floor, and turn what works into dependable production systems.
- 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
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
