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We are establishing a New Product Introduction (NPI) team to bridge the gap between research, development, and commercially viable products.\nAs an NPI Technician, you will be on the front lines of transforming our cutting-edge sensing technologies into robust, market-ready systems. As a founding member of this new team, you will not just follow established procedures-you will help define them from the ground up. Working side by side with engineering, research scientists, and the NPI Team Lead, you will help design our workspace, establish core assembly and test protocols, and build the repeatable processes needed to scale novel hardware from early prototypes into finished products.\nIn this role, you will assemble, integrate, characterize, and troubleshoot complex electrical, mechanical, and optical subsystems. 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