1X
Mechanical Engineer
San Carlos, CA$150.3k–$176kfulltimemidAdded 1 month ago
About this role
1X is developing humanoid robots for home use designed to handle household tasks and chores. They are seeking a Mechanical Engineer to contribute to NEO, their flagship home robot that is moving from development into production scaling.
What you'll do
- Design and develop mechanical systems for humanoid robots
- Work on robot movement, safety, and real-world operational capabilities
- Collaborate across robotics, AI, and manufacturing teams
- Contribute to scaling production of NEO home robot
- Solve complex mechanical engineering challenges for household robots
What they're looking for
- Mechanical design and engineering
- Robotics systems knowledge
- CAD software proficiency
- Manufacturing and production design
- Problem-solving for complex systems
- Collaboration across interdisciplinary teams
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1X
1X builds humanoid robots for home use, with its NEO robot requiring sophisticated hardware, firmware, and cloud systems. The company is hiring across compliance testing, audio systems, embedded firmware, cloud platform development, and supplier engineering to bring its robots to production and scale.
View all jobs at 1XLikely interview questions
- Walk us through a mechanical component or assembly you designed from concept to production. What were the key design challenges, and how did you balance performance, cost, and manufacturability?
- Describe your experience with Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA). Can you share an example where you optimized a design based on manufacturing constraints?