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Electronic Technician – Wire Harness Fabrication
San Mateo, CA. Posted 16 days ago
The role
This Mechatronics Technician will develop systems and processes to ensure quality and performance across robotics and autonomous platforms. The role involves building prototypes, fabricating test setups, and supporting manufacturing workflows.
What you will do
- Build and test prototypes, sub-assemblies, and feasibility units under engineering guidance.
- Interpret schematics, diagrams, and layouts to perform testing, checkout, troubleshooting, and rework of PCBAs and harnesses.
- Fabricate custom test equipment, boxes, and harnesses.
- Procure and source components as needed.
- Operate and set up standard test equipment including oscilloscopes, analyzers, supplies, and DMMs.
- Perform PCBA/cable rework to IPC standards.
- Adapt plans quickly in a fast-paced environment with evolving goals.
Nice to have
- 3+ years’ experience as an engineering technician in a prototype or development lab.
- Strong ability to read/interpret PCBA schematics, cable drawings, and test procedures independently.
- Experience with prototype electro-mechanical hardware (PCBAs, cables, harnesses, robotic/vehicle systems).
- Hands-on skills: soldering, crimping, rework, cable assembly to IPC standards; familiarity with electrical components, connectors, tools, and test equipment.
- Solid grasp of fundamental electrical engineering concepts.
About the company
Skild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. The team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds.