Engineering Technician, Actuators

The role

Engineering Technicians will support the assembly, testing, and prototyping of custom electromechanical actuators for robotic systems. You will build and test hardware from engineering drawings and procedures through inspection, troubleshooting, and rework.

What you will do

• Assemble subassemblies and complete actuators from drawings, bills of materials, and work instructions.
• Set up and run established mechanical and electrical tests.
• Support winding, insulation, termination, bonding, inspection, and rework for stator prototyping.
• Troubleshoot build and test issues with engineers.
• Maintain accurate build and test records, part and revision traceability, inspection results, and rework history.
• Use bench observations to improve work instructions, fixtures, tooling, and parts organization.
• Follow safety, ESD, cleanliness, and quality practices.

Required qualifications

• Hands-on experience building or testing mechanical, electrical, or electromechanical hardware in a lab, prototype shop, or manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work from drawings, bills of materials, wiring diagrams, and procedures.
• Use of hand tools, torque tools, and measurement equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot methodically and document observations.

Nice to have

• Building or testing actuators, motors, robotics hardware, servos, or other precision electromechanical systems.
• Motor manufacturing, especially stator assembly, winding, insulation, termination, bonding, impregnation, or inspection.
• Soldering, crimping, connector assembly, harness routing, adhesives, or fixture-assisted assembly.
• Mechanical or electrical test setup, instrument checks, measurement capture, and documenting unexpected results.
• Inspection, traceability, nonconformance handling, and structured rework.
• Hands-on rework, basic machining, or prototype part modification using shop tools.
• Use of calipers, micrometers, multimeters, LCR meters, insulation-resistance testers, or torque tools.
• Improving prototype or manufacturing work instructions and build processes.

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through their products.