Robotics Technician

Artificial Analysis•San Francisco, CA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Artificial Analysis is developing robotics benchmarks to evaluate how AI models perform on physical robots and in simulation. The Robotics Technician will work closely with robotics researchers and engineers to build, calibrate, test, and maintain robots and keep the lab operating efficiently. The role includes maintaining an evolving hardware suite, running task trials on physical robots and in simulation, helping establish new simulation environments, and ensuring the quality and traceability of results. It is suited to an experienced technician or lab manager who is comfortable with hands-on setup, resetting, monitoring experiments, and careful execution of procedures.

Requirements

At least 2 years of hands-on experience with robots, lab equipment, or electromechanical systems, including work as a technician, lab manager, or in a similar practical role.
Practical hardware troubleshooting skills, including investigating faults, testing likely causes with appropriate tools, and explaining the diagnosis.
Ability to carefully execute multi-step procedures with strong attention to detail.
Ability to communicate clearly and work as a team with researchers and engineers.
Confidence learning unfamiliar tools and software workflows.
3D printing experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with ROS 2, Isaac Sim, MuJoCo, or another simulator that the candidate has debugged rather than merely launched.
Experience running benchmark or test campaigns where the count and ordering of trials matter.

Responsibilities

Build and maintain an evolving suite of robotics hardware.
Power, wire, and health-check hardware so each station is ready to run; learn unfamiliar hardware and incorporate it into the fleet.
Set up task scenes, perform startup and shutdown checks, run task suites on physical robots and in simulation, and monitor trials.
Check that recordings and logs are complete and linked to the correct task, model, and configuration.
Record interventions and distinguish model failures from equipment, setup, or simulation faults.
Assemble hardware, route cables, mount fixtures and cameras, calibrate equipment, manage spare parts, and perform small mechanical repairs.
Carry out routine checks and maintenance, organize tools and spares, and follow lab safety procedures.
Keep operating instructions current, flag recurring problems, and contribute fixtures, 3D-printed parts, or scripts where skills allow.
Independently run a full day of trials once familiar with the equipment and procedures, resolve routine problems, and recognize when to escalate.