R&D Assembly Technician

The role

The R&D Assembly Technician will build and bring up early prototype units. You will work with mechanical, electrical, and manufacturing engineers to assemble, wire, and calibrate new systems.

What you will do

• Build, assemble, and calibrate prototype and early-production units
• Perform mechanical assembly, wiring and harnessing, fastening, and subsystem integration
• Surface assembly issues, fit problems, and DFA/DFM feedback
• Develop and refine assembly work instructions (SWIs)
• Troubleshoot build issues alongside the engineering team
• Optionally grow into BOM and build-system work

Nice to have

• Hands-on assembly experience with complex electromechanical hardware — robotics, EVs, aerospace, medical devices, or similar
• Comfort with ambiguity and incomplete documentation in a fast-moving R&D environment
• Strong generalist skill set across torque/fastening, wiring and harnessing, soldering, reading CAD and GD&T, and basic electrical troubleshooting
• Genuine curiosity about how things go together and the communication skills to give engineers actionable feedback

About the company

Skild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence. The team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds.