1X Technologies
Senior Test Development Engineer
San Carlos, CA · Senior
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odds of building a lasting career here
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.
Lottery odds assume a STEM candidate.
Personalize to your clock →H-1B wage level
the lottery is wage-weighted — each level is one more entry
$16,237 more — $164,237 — 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 $164,237 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 "Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
DOL prevailing wage, 2026-27 wage year · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (15-1253) · 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
- As NEO scales into high-volume production, our work is what lets 1X grow without compromising quality.
- Ship operator-facing test apps with guided flows, clear pass/fail verdicts, robust error handling, and unit-level traceability.
- Improve station uptime, cycle time, test coverage, data quality, and deployment repeatability as production scales.
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
- Background in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Robotics, or equivalent practical experience.
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++, with willingness to work in both.
- Ability to read schematics and debug electronics at the board or subsystem level.
- Hands-on experience with bench instrumentation (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, multimeters, programmable power supplies).
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
- Robotics, electromechanical systems, motor controllers, sensors, actuators, batteries, embedded Linux, or real-time systems.
- Deploying and maintaining software across multiple production PCs or factory stations.
- Test-data pipelines, traceability, dashboards, WATS, MES, SQL, Splunk, or similar.
- Linux, Docker, Git, CI/CD, Bazel, remote deployment, or automated station management.
- AI-assisted development tools for faster software development, debugging, documentation, or fixture bring-up.
- 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 + Equity
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
- Test Engineering builds the systems that decide whether NEO hardware is ready to ship.
- We sit at the intersection of R&D, design, engineering and production.
- Developing the functional and end-of-line test stations that catch defects early, gate quality on the line, and turn production data into engineering action.
- Your Charter: Develop and own test systems for NEO's electronics and robotic subassemblies as they move from design release into high-volume production.
- This is a hands-on role spanning software, electronics, firmware, fixtures, and production operations - you'll own stations from requirements through deployment and long-term support.
- You won't just run tests; you'll build the systems that decide whether robot hardware ships.
- Key Outcomes:
- Own functional and end-of-line test stations for robot subassemblies (feet, head, battery, hands, arms, power boards) across their full lifecycle - requirements through deployment, maintenance, and corrective action.
- Reduce escaped defects by reproducing and resolving failures across hardware, firmware, software, instruments, fixtures, and process - driving corrective action when stations or products fail.
- Connect results, serial numbers, board IDs, and logs into test-data systems so production data becomes actionable insight.
- Key Competencies:
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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