Robotics Electronics Technician: Lab & Build Expert

Superorganism; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Superorganism in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on lab technician to move robotic hardware from assembly to field-ready. You will handle PCBAs, harnesses, and robot subsystems, while keeping the lab and inventory in order and ready for scale from tens to hundreds of units.

As we grow, there's room to advance into a lead role. Expect work with oscilloscope tests, firmware bring-up, and fault diagnosis across complex hardware in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on technician experience in lab, manufacturing, robotics, aerospace, automotive, marine, or hardware-startup setting.
• Skilled at soldering, PCBA rework, inspection, and troubleshooting on small, dense, fine-pitch assemblies.
• Experience building harnesses, crimping connectors, and reading wiring diagrams.
• Confident with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, microscopes, hot-air rework, and soldering stations.
• Comfortable flashing firmware (J-Link, ST-Link).
• Able to read schematics, layouts, BOMs, and work instructions; experience with PCB CAD (KiCad, Altium, EAGLE).
• Organized and detail-oriented, with ownership over what's broken, blocked, or unclear.
• Comfortable in a fast-moving environment where priorities shift and prototypes ship.

Responsibilities

• Lab & inventory: Keep lab organized; manage component tracking, kitting, procurement, and vendors.
• PCBA & rework: Inspect, troubleshoot, and rework PCBAs, including fine-pitch ICs, BGAs, connectors, and small passives (0402, 0201).
• Robot assembly & debug: Assemble, debug, and validate robot electrical systems: sensors, power, embedded controllers, batteries, motors, and comms.
• Cable harnesses: Build, modify, and repair harnesses, wiring assemblies, and test fixtures.
• Bring-up & test: Flash firmware, run bring-up, and execute incoming inspection, functional tests, and production acceptance.
• Diagnostics: Diagnose failures with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, logic analyzers, microscopes, and rework stations.
• Layout: Work from schematics, PCB layouts, BOMs, and assembly drawings; support design-for-manufacture improvements.
• Documentation: Maintain build instructions, rework notes, and test procedures; feed recurring issues back to engineering.

Skills

Soldering

PCB rework

Harness wiring

Diagnostics

Firmware flashing

Reading schematics

PCB CAD familiarity

Tools

KiCad

Altium

EAGLE

J-Link

ST-Link

Job description

Superorganism in San Francisco is seeking a hands-on lab technician to move robotic hardware from assembly to field-ready. You will handle PCBAs, harnesses, and robot subsystems, while keeping the lab and inventory in order and ready for scale from tens to hundreds of units.

As we grow, there's room to advance into a lead role. Expect work with oscilloscope tests, firmware bring-up, and fault diagnosis across complex hardware in a fast-paced startup environment.