1X Technologies

1X Technologies

Softgoods Development Technician

San Carlos, CA · Junior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 8 days ago
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About the role

  • The Softgoods team is a group of makers, engineers, and designers united by a passion for creating products people love to touch, trust, and use.
  • This is a hands-on, entry-level role built for aspiring engineers and manufacturing professionals with a real passion for sewing, textiles, and elastomers-and who want to learn the craft of softgoods from the people who do it best.
  • You'll start by executing to spec, then take on more as your skills sharpen, with mentorship and a clear path toward an engineering or manufacturing track.

Responsibilities

  • We're building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling
  • NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the

Nice to have

  • Examples of hands-on work-school, personal, or professional projects-are encouraged, in lieu of a formal portfolio.
  • a technical certificate, associate degree, or trade training is a plus, or equivalent practical experience

Skills

  • Cut-and-sew, sewing machine operation, or pattern work
  • Adhesives, bonding, and lamination
  • Safe use of hand and power tools and basic shop practices
  • Knowledge of general machine shop practices
  • Reading drawings or patterns, and using basic measurement or CAD tools
  • Familiarity with textiles, yarns, leathers, elastomers, or foams

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

  • Support the team by building prototypes, samples, and fixtures to spec, learning to dial in quality, repeatability, and feel.
  • Execute cut-and-sew, bonding, lamination, and assembly tasks accurately and consistently, following established workflows.
  • Prepare materials, maintain shop tools and equipment, and keep the prototyping space organized, safe, and production-ready.
  • Document your work-measurements, process notes, and results-so iterations stay traceable and repeatable across the team.
  • Partner closely with engineers and designers, asking good questions and absorbing feedback quickly to grow toward independent ownership.
  • Hands-on aptitude - comfortable working with your hands and eager to learn fabrication across textiles, foams, and elastomers.
  • Care and precision - you take pride in clean, accurate work and notice when something is off by a millimeter.
  • Foundational technical sense - a basic understanding of measurement, tolerances, and how parts fit and assemble together.
  • CAD foundation - a solid grounding in CAD, comfortable reading and navigating 3D models and translating drawings into physical parts.
  • Strong organization - keeps materials, samples, and workspaces orderly, and tracks tasks and documentation so work stays repeatable and easy to hand off.
  • Coachability and communication - you listen well, follow direction, ask when you're unsure, and collaborate easily with people around you.
  • We've been at this since 2014 and we're at the

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.

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