NPI Engineering Technician — Manufacturing & Troubleshooting (Equity)

1X; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 69,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Paid time off

401(k) with match

FSA/HSA options

Commuter benefits

Disability & life insurance

EAP

Onsite meals

Job summary

1X is hiring an NPI Engineering Technician to turn new designs into mass-manufacturable builds for the NEO home robot. You’ll dial in mechanical and electrical assembly processes, troubleshoot issues on the line, and validate designs for production readiness.

Your work will ensure safe, repeatable, high-quality manufacturing as we scale. You will stand up and sustain electro-mechanical assemblies, drive improvements, and own root-cause investigations on production failures with corrective

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience in manufacturing, assembly, or RMA service environment.
• Experience troubleshooting mechanical and/or electrical production issues.
• Comfort interpreting work instructions, technical drawings, and build documentation.
• Working knowledge of precision mechanical assembly.
• Experience performing inspections, in-process verification, or production testing.

Responsibilities

• Stand up and sustain manufacturing processes for electro-mechanical assemblies that meet quality, yield, and cycle time targets.
• Drive measurable improvements in scrap, rework, first-pass yield, and throughput through hands-on troubleshooting and SPC-driven analysis.
• Validate engineering changes through pilot builds, ensuring revisions reach production without disrupting flow.
• Own root cause investigations on production failures and close them out with corrective actions that stick.

Skills

Hands-on manufacturing

Diagnostic troubleshooting

Documentation & repeatability

Cross-functional communication

Quality & safety mindset

Tools

Multimeter

Torque wrench

Inspection tools

Data analysis tools

Job description

1X is hiring an NPI Engineering Technician to turn new designs into mass-manufacturable builds for the NEO home robot. You’ll dial in mechanical and electrical assembly processes, troubleshoot issues on the line, and validate designs for production readiness.

Your work will ensure safe, repeatable, high-quality manufacturing as we scale. You will stand up and sustain electro-mechanical assemblies, drive improvements, and own root-cause investigations on production failures with corrective