1X Technologies
Test Technician
Hayward, CA · Mid
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About the role
- Execute reliable, repeatable tests on NEO hardware and robotic subassemblies while maintaining test station readiness and supporting manufacturing quality.
- This role is critical to identifying hardware failures, improving test coverage, and ensuring production test systems consistently verify product performance as 1X scales.
- Identify and troubleshoot test station and hardware failures, providing clear technical documentation and escalating issues to engineering when needed.
Responsibilities
- NEO is our flagship - a general purpose 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
- 2+ years of hands-on experience in an engineering lab, manufacturing test, electronics test, equipment maintenance, or a similar technical environment
- Experience using hand tools and basic test equipment, such as digital multimeters and power supplies.
Nice to have
- Preferred Skills:
Skills
- Familiarity with digital multimeters, data acquisition systems, programmable power supplies, sensors, actuators, or motor-driven systems.
- Ability to read electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, or mechanical drawings.
- Experience troubleshooting PCBs, wiring harnesses, robotics, automation equipment, or complex electromechanical products.
- Experience with manufacturing execution systems, test-data software, or root-cause investigations.
- 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.
- Strong troubleshooting skills with a systematic approach to identifying and isolating hardware and equipment failures.
- Comfortable working with hand tools, test fixtures, instrumentation, and production or laboratory equipment.
Compensation
- Compensation Range:
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 and supports the test systems that verify NEO hardware meets functional and quality requirements before shipment.
- Working across engineering and manufacturing, the team develops and maintains test stations, fixtures, and processes that identify defects, validate performance, and support production at scale.
- Your Charter:
- Key Outcomes:
- Execute functional, electrical, and electromechanical tests accurately and consistently against documented test plans and engineering requirements.
- Maintain test station readiness by preparing and verifying fixtures, instrumentation, cabling, power supplies, and associated equipment.
- Maintain accurate test records, pass/fail results, serial number traceability, and failure reports to support quality investigations and production decisions.
- Support timely failure reproduction, retesting, and verification to minimize production delays and prevent recurring issues.
- Identify opportunities to improve test procedures, station reliability, and execution efficiency as production requirements evolve.
- Key Competencies:
- Hands-on technical aptitude across mechanical, electrical, and electromechanical systems.
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
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