Robotics Lab Hardware Technician

Role Overview

We are looking for a Hardware Lab Technician to own the physical side of a large-scale robot data collection operation. Youll keep the fleet running build whats next and be the person the lab calls when something stops working. This is a hands-on role across research and low-volume production where embodiments grippers and camera rigs change fastand the hardware has to keep up. Day-to-day teleoperation is handled by a dedicated operator team you support; you maintain what they run on and help ensure data quality through reliable well-calibrated hardware.

Project Details

• Location: 100% Onsite (Santa Clara CA US)
• Employment: Full-time W-2
• Shifts: MondayFriday 7AM - 3:30PM or 9AM - 5:30PM
• Start Date: ASAP
• Contract Duration: 12-month contract with possibility of extension
• Rate: $40 per /hour

• Build wire and bring up data collection stations robot arms multi-camera rigs workstations teleoperation hardware and cable management that survives daily operator use.
• Keep the fleet running: daily checks preventive maintenance calibration routines and diagnosing faults on arms hands and sensors.
• Swap and integrate end-effectors and grippers dexterous hands force/torque and tactile sensors and RGB-D cameras.
• Run calibration and firmware procedures across the fleet and catch drift before it reaches the data.
• Assemble and iterate prototype hardware coming out of our mechanical and electrical engineers printed parts off-the-shelf components vendor-fabricated parts and custom harnesses.
• Soldering crimping connectorization harness building and PCB rework support at the bench.
• Own the labs physical state: spares and consumables inventory parts kitting bench and tool organization and shipping returns and RMAs with vendors.
• Support teleoperators on hardware issues during live collection triage fast fix or escalate and get the station back up.
• Document what you do. Build sheets maintenance logs calibration records and hardware SOPs the next technician can follow.
• Help bring up new embodiments and new stations alongside engineers and researchers.

• 3 years hands-on technician experience in a lab prototyping or low-volume build environment robotics medical devices aerospace semiconductor equipment or similar.
• AS in a technical field a relevant trade or technical certificate or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Mechanical assembly fundamentals: fasteners and torque bearings belts linkages and the ability to read CAD and mechanical drawings (Onshape SolidWorks or similar).
• Electrical hands: soldering including basic SMD rework crimping and connectorization harness building and confident use of a multimeter and oscilloscope.
• Comfortable in Linux at the command line SSH into a workstation run a calibration script read a log and tell us what it said.
• Experience with motors encoders and sensor integration and an understanding of what a bad ground or a marginal cable does to a data stream.
• Methodical and self-documenting. An undocumented fix is a future outage.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and frequent change and able to prioritize when more than one lab needs you at the same time.
• Able to work on-site in Santa Clara with flexibility on shift coverage as the labs run extended hours.

• Humanoid or bimanual platforms (Unitree Fourier ALOHA/ARX-class rigs) and dexterous hands.
• Maintenance and calibration on collaborative or industrial arms UR Franka xArm ARX or equivalent.
• Multi-camera rig build and calibration; RealSense ZED or Orbbec-class depth cameras.
• Running and maintaining FDM or SLA printers and designing your own simple fixtures and adapters.
• Light scripting in Python or bash to automate a repetitive bench or calibration task.
• Experience in a high-throughput lab or production line where uptime or yield was a number someone tracked.
• Vendor-facing experience: RMAs lead times and spares planning.