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You’ll keep the fleet running, build what’s next, and be the person the lab calls when something stops working. This is a hands-on role across research and low-volume production where embodiments, grippers, and camera rigs change fast-and the hardware has to keep up. Day-to-day teleoperation is handled by a dedicated operator team you support; you maintain what they run on and help ensure data quality through reliable, well-calibrated hardware.\nProject Details\n Location: 100% Onsite (Santa Clara, CA, US)\nEmployment: Full-time W-2\nShifts: Monday-Friday, 7AM - 3:30PM or 9AM - 5:30PM \nStart Date: ASAP\nContract Duration: 12-month contract with possibility of extension\n Rate: $40 per/hour\nWhat You’ll Do\nBuild, wire, and bring up data collection stations - robot arms, multi-camera rigs, workstations, teleoperation hardware, and cable management that survives daily operator use.\n\nKeep the fleet running: daily checks, preventive maintenance, calibration routines, and diagnosing faults on arms, hands, and sensors.\n\nSwap and integrate end-effectors and grippers, dexterous hands, force/torque and tactile sensors, and RGB-D cameras.\n\nRun calibration and firmware procedures across the fleet, and catch drift before it reaches the data.\n\nAssemble and iterate prototype hardware coming out of our mechanical and electrical engineers - printed parts, off-the-shelf components, vendor-fabricated parts, and custom harnesses.\n\nSoldering, crimping, connectorization, harness building, and PCB rework support at the bench.\n\nOwn the lab's physical state: spares and consumables inventory, parts kitting, bench and tool organization, and shipping, returns, and RMAs with vendors.\n\nSupport teleoperators on hardware issues during live collection - triage fast, fix or escalate, and get the station back up.\n\nDocument what you do. Build sheets, maintenance logs, calibration records, and hardware SOPs the next technician can follow.\n\nHelp bring up new embodiments and new stations alongside engineers and researchers.\n\nWhat we need to see\n3+ years hands-on technician experience in a lab, prototyping, or low-volume build environment - robotics, medical devices, aerospace, semiconductor equipment, or similar.\n\nAS in a technical field, a relevant trade or technical certificate, or equivalent hands-on experience.\n\nMechanical assembly fundamentals: fasteners and torque, bearings, belts, linkages, and the ability to read CAD and mechanical drawings (Onshape, SolidWorks, or similar).\n\nElectrical hands: soldering including basic SMD rework, crimping and connectorization, harness building, and confident use of a multimeter and oscilloscope.\n\nComfortable in Linux at the command line - SSH into a workstation, run a calibration script, read a log, and tell us what it said.\n\nExperience with motors, encoders, and sensor integration, and an understanding of what a bad ground or a marginal cable does to a data stream.\n\nMethodical and self-documenting. 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