Senior Actuator Manufacturing Engineer for Home Robots

1X; San Carlos (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Paid time off & holidays

401(k) with company match

FSA/HSA options

Commuter benefits

Disability & life insurance

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Onsite snacks & catered lunches

Job summary

1X is hiring for a manufacturing engineer to scale actuator production for NEO home robots. You will own processes from prototype to production, testing ideas on the shop floor and turning successful concepts into reliable systems.

The role requires hands-on, data-driven problem solving and close collaboration with design, quality, supply chain, and production teams. Onsite in San Carlos, CA with strong growth potential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field, with 5+ years (Bachelor’s) or 3+ years (Master’s) of manufacturing, process, or test engineering on electromechanical products.
• Experience developing and improving assembly processes for motors, actuators, or other tight‑tolerance electromechanical systems.
• Proven track record of taking a process or piece of equipment from concept through commissioning, validation, and production release.
• Experience with CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups for precision mechanical interfaces.
• Demonstrated ability to qualify processes and lead root cause analysis using DOE, MSA/GR&R, SPC, and process capability.

Responsibilities

• Make 1X actuators producible at scale: reliably, repeatably, and at a cost that lets NEO reach homes.
• Own critical manufacturing processes from prototype through production release.
• Test ideas quickly, learn from the floor, and turn what works into dependable production systems.
• Collaborate with design, quality, controls, supply chain, and production on process improvements.
• Develop and implement DOE, MSA/GR&R, SPC, and capability studies to prove processes.

Skills

Hands-on builder

Data-driven

Structured problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, or Electrical Eng

Tools

CAD

Engineering drawings

GD&T

Tolerance stack‑ups

Job description

1X is hiring for a manufacturing engineer to scale actuator production for NEO home robots. You will own processes from prototype to production, testing ideas on the shop floor and turning successful concepts into reliable systems.

The role requires hands-on, data-driven problem solving and close collaboration with design, quality, supply chain, and production teams. Onsite in San Carlos, CA with strong growth potential.