Founding Fabrication Technician

This is a full-time, in-office role building real robots that operate in messy, real-world road environments. If you love turning half-baked ideas into rugged hardware, thrive in early-stage chaos, and want your work deployed in the field, not stuck in CAD, this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and iterate on early-stage robotic systems designed for unstructured outdoor environments
• Fabricate custom robot components using CNC machining, welding, 3D printing, and manual machining
• Work hands-on with metal and plastic fabrication (aluminum, steel, composites, polymers, etc.)
• Rapidly prototype, assemble, modify, and repair robot hardware in support of aggressive field testing
• Collaborate closely with EE and CS teams to integrate mechanical systems with electronics, sensors, and compute
• Own mechanical builds from concept through deployment, including tolerancing, fixturing, and assembly
• Troubleshoot mechanical failures in the field and redesign for durability, reliability, and serviceability
• Improve manufacturability and repeatability of designs as systems mature
• Help define and build out the company’s fabrication processes, tooling, and workshop capabilities
• Move fast, make tradeoffs, and get hardware working under real constraints of time, cost, and environment

Qualifications

• Proven experience building robots or complex electromechanical systems at early-stage startups
• Strong hands-on experience with:
  • CNC machining (mills and/or lathes)
  • Welding (MIG/TIG preferred)
  • 3D printing (FDM/SLA)
  • General metal and plastic fabrication
• Comfortable reading and working from CAD and engineering drawings
• Experience assembling systems that integrate motors, actuators, sensors, wiring, and enclosures
• Experience working cross-functionally with electrical and software engineers
• Ability to rapidly prototype, test, break, fix, and improve hardware in tight iteration loops
• Strong intuition for mechanical design tradeoffs: strength, weight, cost, tolerances, and reliability
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment with incomplete information
• Self-directed, detail-oriented, and biased toward action

Portfolios, photos of past builds, or examples of shipped hardware are highly encouraged.