Robotics Technician — Lab Ops & Hardware Expert

Artificial Analysis, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Artificial Analysis in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Technician to keep our hardware fleet calibrated, tested, and ready. You’ll work with researchers and engineers to build, maintain, and troubleshoot robot systems in a fast-paced lab environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with robots, strong troubleshooting, and meticulous attention to detail. 3D printing experience and comfort with new tools and scripts will help you contribute to evolving benchmarks and simulation

Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on robotics or lab experience in a technician role.
• Strong hardware troubleshooting skills and methodical approach.
• High attention to detail in multi-step experiments.
• Ability to run a full day of trials independently with minimal supervision.
• Clear communication and teamwork with researchers and engineers.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain hardware; power, wire, and health-check stations.
• Run task suites, set up scenes, and monitor trials in hardware and sim.
• Ensure data integrity by linking recordings to tasks, models, and configs.
• Maintain gear: assemble, cable routing, fixtures, calibration, spares.
• Keep lab organized, safe, and ready; perform routine checks.
• Suggest improvements; contribute fixtures, 3D-printed parts, or scripts.

Skills

Robotics experience

Hardware troubleshooting

Attention to detail

Independent trials

Communication

Tools

ROS 2

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

3D printing

Job description

Artificial Analysis in San Francisco is seeking a Robotics Technician to keep our hardware fleet calibrated, tested, and ready. You’ll work with researchers and engineers to build, maintain, and troubleshoot robot systems in a fast-paced lab environment.

The role requires hands-on experience with robots, strong troubleshooting, and meticulous attention to detail. 3D printing experience and comfort with new tools and scripts will help you contribute to evolving benchmarks and simulation