Test Engineer

The role

You will build test infrastructure to prove NEO's robotic hands and components perform reliably. This hands-on role involves designing fixtures, writing test software, and analyzing telemetry to validate hardware.

What you will do

• Design and build end-to-end test systems for robotic hands and components.
• Translate engineering requirements into reliable test methods.
• Develop test software and control logic for automated testing.
• Own tests from equipment bring-up through completion.
• Analyze telemetry and instrumentation data to identify anomalies and trends.
• Investigate failures and determine if issues originate in the test system or product.
• Build reusable test software, instrumentation, and test architectures.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a closely related engineering discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Demonstrated experience developing and integrating test systems for complex electromechanical products.
• Strong experience working with systems that combine sensors, electric motors, motor control electronics, wiring, structural components, and embedded control systems.
• Ability to write test software, develop test profiles, interface test controls with embedded hardware, and read or modify device-under-test software as needed.
• Experience working with telemetry and real-time signals for automated testing, diagnostics, closed-loop control, or issue detection.
• Hands-on experience with equipment such as data acquisition systems, power supplies, microcontrollers, wiring and relays, actuators, sensors, and custom test fixtures.

Nice to have

• Experience testing robotic hands, grippers, actuators, precision mechanisms, or other high-degree-of-freedom electromechanical systems.
• Experience developing automated fault detection, health monitoring, or telemetry-based diagnostics.
• Experience with long-duration, durability, or reliability testing.
• Experience with environmental testing, including thermal/humidity chambers or vibration testing.

Benefits

• Comprehensive 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

About the company

1X is building humanoid robots that work in any space humans exist. Their flagship is NEO, a general purpose robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world.