Manufacturing Electrical Engineer, Hands

1X; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 148,000 - 181,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

401(k) plan with company match

FSAs and HSAs options

Job summary

1X is building humanoid robots for home use. The Hands Manufacturing group translates bold engineering into scalable, reliable hardware. You’ll help bring the NEO family to production with robust processes, fixtures, and test systems.

Your charter is to own electromechanical manufacturing from prototype through production ramp, improve yield, throughput, and cost, and influence design for manufacturability with cross‑functional teams on the floor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Mechatronics, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 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.

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.

Skills

Hands-on engineer

Electrical‑mechanical fluency

Data-driven

Root cause analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Mechatronics/Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Python

LabVIEW

SQL

Job description

About 1X

We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not.
To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.
NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you.
If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We’re scaling, we’re hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.

About the Team:

The Hands Manufacturing group transforms visionary engineering into scalable, highly reliable hardware. We are architecting the foundational processes and complex systems for the planet’s most sophisticated humanoid hands and authoring the production playbook as we go.

Our team operates with extreme velocity, a relentless focus on detail, and zero ego. By partnering deeply with cross-functional peers, we dismantle ambiguity to make the impossible a tangible reality.

Your Charter:

Build the manufacturing systems that bring 1X robots to scale.

You will own critical processes from prototype through production, developing robust machining, assembly, inspection, and validation methods that improve quality, throughput, and repeatability.

Many of these problems have not been solved before. You will question convention, test ideas quickly, learn from the floor, and turn what works into dependable production systems. The standard is high, the feedback is physical, and no one is above picking up a tool.

Your work will directly shape the production readiness, hardware quality, and long‑term scalability of 1X robotic systems.

Key Outcomes:

• 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

Key Competencies:

• 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.

Minimum 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.

Preferred Skills:

• 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.

What does a successful 1X Team Member look like:

Team members at 1X who thrive here are builders. They move fast, own their work completely, and treat time like it’s the one thing you can’t get back - because it is. They say what they mean, finish what you start, and hold yourself to a standard before anyone has to ask. We push each other to be better, and we do it with honesty and respect.

Compensation Range:

$148,000 - $181,000

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