Integration Engineer - Hands
1X is a Palo Alto-based AI and robotics company developing general-purpose humanoid robots, led by its NEO home robot.
Palo Alto, United States
About 1X
1X develops humanoid robots that live and learn alongside people. Its flagship product, NEO, is a home robot designed to autonomously help with household tasks, supported by the company’s embodied-AI systems.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will develop and own the software, stations, procedures, fixtures, and jigs used to validate robotic hands. You will characterize actuators, encoders, and sensors; maintain test PCs and production stations; analyze failures from logs; document root causes; and create safe, repeatable tests for technicians.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant engineering field
- 5+ years of hardware test, validation, or manufacturing test engineering experience
- Test software and automation experience
- Electromechanical knowledge of motors, encoders, gearing, and friction
- Linux troubleshooting
- Bench experience with test equipment and fixturing
- Embedded firmware literacy and C/C++ reading ability
- Git knowledge
Responsibilities
- Build automated pass/fail test scripts that log data and generate plots
- Maintain test PCs and production stations
- Analyze logs and identify root causes of failures
- Write repeatable production test procedures
- Design and build test fixtures and jigs
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible Spending Account and Health Savings Account options
- Commuter benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches