Robotics Hardware Quality & Reliability Engineer

Dyna Robotics, Inc; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Dyna Robotics is seeking a Hardware Support Engineer II to lead hardware builds, diagnostics, validation, and quality initiatives for our robotic systems. You will work across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems teams to ensure high reliability and client-ready deployments.

This role requires hands-on troubleshooting of electro-mechanical systems and the ability to drive lab process improvements and documentation.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Engineering Technician or similar in robotics, automotive, medical devices, R&D, or manufacturing.
• Experience maintaining and improving hardware quality standards in a lab or production environment.
• Ability to diagnose and resolve mechanical, electrical, and basic software issues.
• Hands-on experience with hand and power tools, high/low voltage systems, wire harnesses, soldering, and testing equipment.

Responsibilities

• Fabricate, assemble, integrate, and validate robotic prototypes, including mechanical assemblies, electrical systems, wire harnesses, and subsystems.
• Maintain and enforce hardware quality standards across builds, repairs, and deployments.
• Lead root cause investigations for mechanical, electrical, and system-level failures; document findings and drive corrective actions.
• Develop, execute, and refine comprehensive test plans to ensure repeatability, reliability, and quality metrics.
• Design and fabricate assembly jigs, test fixtures, and validation systems to improve consistency and reduce defect rates.
• Support bench-top electrical builds, ensuring safety and quality for high- and low-voltage systems.
• Own setup, calibration, validation, and maintenance of teleoperation rigs for data collection at lab and client sites.
• Ensure deployed systems meet operational readiness standards before client use.
• Serve as on-site technical lead during client deployments, maintaining reliability and quality.
• Collaborate with data collection teams to improve robot uptime, operational efficiency, and data integrity.

Skills

Robotics hardware troubleshooting

Quality standards enforcement

Lab process improvement

Cross-functional collaboration

Wiring harness assembly & repair

Soldering & rework

3D CAD interpretation

Linux scripting & Python

Onsite deployment leadership

Tools

Onshape CAD

SolidWorks

CATIA

Altium

DMMs

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Job description

Dyna Robotics is seeking a Hardware Support Engineer II to lead hardware builds, diagnostics, validation, and quality initiatives for our robotic systems. You will work across mechanical, electrical, software, and systems teams to ensure high reliability and client-ready deployments.

This role requires hands-on troubleshooting of electro-mechanical systems and the ability to drive lab process improvements and documentation.