Integration Engineer - Hands

Employer description

About 1XWe’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not.

To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at the point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.

NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you.

If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. 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.

About the TeamThe Hands team builds the hands that let NEO grasp, manipulate, and help around the home. Packed with motors, encoders, gearing, and sensors, NEO’s hands are among the most dexterous and highest-cycle subsystems on the robot, and every one of them has to be proven before it ships.

Test engineering sits at the center of that work, from early bench characterization and design validation through production test and field returns. We partner closely with electrical, firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing engineering to make sure what we design is what we build, and that it keeps working.

Your CharterBuild and own the tests that prove NEO’s hands work. You will develop the test software, stations, and procedures that characterize hand actuators and sensors, catch failures early, and keep production moving with confidence.

As a Hardware Test Engineer, you’ll bridge the bench and the production line, understanding what each test is actually measuring, turning raw data into clear root causes, and building tests that technicians can run reliably at scale.

 Key OutcomesBuild automated pass/fail test scripts that log data and generate plots to characterize hand actuators, encoders, and sensors with repeatable, trustworthy results

Own and maintain test PCs and production stations, keeping them healthy, networked, and running validated software

Turn failures into answers by pulling logs, pinpointing the moment a failure happened, and writing clear root-cause summaries that drive design and process fixes

Write repeatable procedures and build tests that technicians can run safely and consistently on live production equipment

Design and build test fixtures and jigs that speed up validation of hands, grippers, and high-cycle actuators

Key CompetenciesStrong electromechanical intuition with a clear understanding of what a test is actually measuring, not just how to run it

Rigorous, data-driven debugging with the ability to trace a fault from a log or waveform back to its source in hardware, firmware, or the test itself

Production mindset: careful with live equipment, disciplined about procedures, and focused on repeatability

Strong cross-functional collaboration skills and comfort working across hardware, firmware, and software boundaries

Ownership mindset with a bias toward execution, accountability, and continuous improvement

Minimum RequirementsBachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Computer Engineering, or a related field

5+ years of professional experience in hardware test, validation, or manufacturing test engineering

Experience writing software for test and test automation, including pass/fail test scripts, data logging, and plotting

Strong electromechanical fundamentals: motors (FOC basics, torque, current, back-EMF), encoders, gearing, and friction

Comfort working in Linux, including SSH, process and service management, and troubleshooting disks and networks

Hands-on bench experience with oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, thermocouples, load cells, wiring, and fixturing

Embedded and firmware literacy: able to build and flash firmware onto boards and read C/C++ well enough to trace a fault back to its source

Working knowledge of Git, including branching, keeping branches up to date with main, and opening clean merge requestss

Preferred SkillsRobotics experience, ideally with robotic hands, grippers, or high-cycle actuators

Basic fixture design experience, including CAD and 3D printing for test jigs

Experience building automated test infrastructure, CI/CD workflows, or hardware-in-the-loop validation systems

Experience supporting manufacturing, deployment, or field operations for complex products

Familiarity with ROS, robotic middleware, or real-time distributed control systems

What does a successful 1X Team Member look like?Team members at 1X who thrive here are builders. They move fast, own their work completely, and treat time like it’s the one thing you can’t get back - because it is. They say what they mean, finish what they start, and hold themselves to a standard before anyone has to ask. We push each other to be better, and we do it with honesty and respect.

Compensation

BenefitsComprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave

401(k) plan with company match (100% on the first 3% of contributions, 50% on the next 2%)

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

Onsite snacks and catered lunches

Equal Opportunity Employer1X 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.