Welo Global
Project Hydra | Hardware Technician - Robotics Lab
California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years; no alternatives stated.
- Education
- AS in a technical field, a relevant trade or technical certificate, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Visa sponsorship
- All new employees must verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire; live video verification with selected IDs and photos of those IDs is required within the first 3 days of employment.
About the job
Maintains, builds, calibrates, and troubleshoots robotics lab hardware and data collection stations to support reliable robot data collection.
What you'll do
- Build and bring up robot data collection stations; assemble and iterate prototype hardware.
- Maintain and calibrate robots, end-effectors, sensors, and camera rigs; diagnose faults and support teleoperators during live collection.
- Manage lab inventory and organization, and document builds, maintenance, calibrations, and procedures.
What they ask for
- 3+ years of hands-on technician experience in a lab, prototyping, or low-volume build environment.
- AS in a technical field, a relevant trade or technical certificate, or equivalent hands-on experience.
- Mechanical assembly and drawing-reading skills; soldering, crimping, harness building, and use of a multimeter and oscilloscope.
- Linux command-line comfort; experience with motors, encoders, and sensor integration; able to work onsite in Santa Clara with shift flexibility.
Nice to have
- Experience with humanoid or bimanual robots, collaborative or industrial arms, or dexterous hands.
- Multi-camera rig calibration, 3D printing, light Python or bash scripting, high-throughput lab work, or vendor-facing experience.
Pay
USD 40–40 (per-hour-wage)
Tools
Linux, Onshape, SolidWorks, Python, bash, Unitree, Fourier, RealSense
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