1X Technologies
Manufacturing Process Engineer, Hands
San Carlos, CA · Senior
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Sponsors, but it's cap-subject — you still face the weighted lottery (~61% per draw at Level IV). Good if you win; have a cap-exempt backup on your list.
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the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$12,659 more — $160,659 — moves this role to Level IV and 4 lottery entries. That figure is inside the range the employer already advertised.
Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $160,659 would place this position at wage Level IV. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Industrial Engineers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Industrial Engineers (17-2112) · San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Wage level is derived by USCIS from the offered wage, occupation and worksite; the occupation shown is inferred from the job title.
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About the role
- The Hands Manufacturing group transforms visionary engineering into scalable, highly reliable hardware.
- We are architecting the foundational processes and complex systems for the planet's most sophisticated humanoid hands and authoring the production playbook as we go.
- Our team operates with extreme velocity, a relentless focus on detail, and zero ego.
Responsibilities
- We're building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back.
- NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people.
- We're scaling, we're hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechatronics Engineering, or related field.
- 5+ years with a Bachelor's or 3+ years with a Master's in manufacturing engineering for mechanical or electromechanical products.
- Proficiency with DOE, SPC, MSA/GR&R, process capability, statistical quality tools, and manufacturing data analysis.
- Demonstrated experience with structured root cause analysis, DFM/DFA/DFT, tolerance analysis, and measurable process improvement.
- Experience scaling a low volume, high mix process into repeatable higher volume production using lean manufacturing, line balancing, and automation.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
- Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
- Experience with automated assembly, machine vision, precision dispense, fastening, joining, or end-of-line test.
- Experience with MES or manufacturing traceability systems.
- What does a successful 1X Team Member look like:
- They say what they mean, finish what they start, and hold themselves to a standard before anyone has to ask.
Compensation
- $148,000 - $181,000
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options
- Commuter benefits (transit and parking)
- Short-term and long-term disability, and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support
Company info
- By partnering deeply with cross-functional peers, we dismantle ambiguity to make the impossible a tangible reality.
- Your Charter:
- Own the processes that turn 1X robotic hands from prototypes into repeatable, high-yield production.
- You will develop, qualify, and sustain the assembly, and test processes behind the planet's most complex robotic hands, defining critical process parameters, proving capability with data, and locking in the controls that keep quality stable build over build.
- Many of these processes do not exist yet.
- You will prototype methods on the floor, run the experiments, find the real root cause when things fail, and convert what works into documented, controlled, transferable production systems.
- The standard is high, the feedback is physical, and no one is above picking up a tool.
- Your work directly determines the yield, cost, and scalability of every hand 1X ship.
- Key Outcomes:
- Own assembly process development and sustaining from prototype builds through production ramp.
- Develop and qualify processes, fixtures, and test methods using DOE, MSA/GR&R, and capability studies.
Equal opportunity
- 1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, justice system impact, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
- Equal Opportunity Employer
Visa & Work Authorization
- rd to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or ve
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