Role: Manufacturing Process Engineer
Department: Manufacturing Engineering
Location: San Carlos / Hayward, CA
About 1X
We’re building humanoid robots that work in home - doing the chores, handling the tasks, and giving people their time back. Simple, but it’s not.
To do this right, we have to solve robotics, AI, manufacturing - at the same time, at scale, in a form factor that has to be safe enough to live with your family. If you’re inspired by this, you’ll thrive here. We’ve been at this since 2014 and we’re at t point where the hard problems are behind us and the hard work is in front of us.
NEO is our flagship - a home robot designed to move, learn, and operate in the real world alongside real people. We’re not demoing it - we’re shipping it. We’re excited to meet you, if this excites you.
If you’ve spent your career working on problems that matter and want to see them actually reach the world - this is that moment. We’re scaling, we’re hiring with intention, and we need people who want to build something that will genuinely change how humans spend their time - safely creating abundance for all.
About the Team:
The Flexible Assembly Manufacturing team owns a mechanically critical subsystem that enables NEO to move with precision and load-bearing reliability. We sit at the intersection of design, assembly, and quality — responsible for translating prototype builds into consistent, scalable production. Our work is directly on the critical path to shipping NEO, and we’re growing to meet that demand.
Your Charter: As a Manufacturing Process Engineer at 1X, you will take assemblies from prototype through volume production. You’ll design, optimize, and manage manufacturing processes coupled with mechanical design intent, optimizing for precision assembly and surface treatment, ensuring they are repeatable, cost-effective, and reliable. This is a hands-on role that directly impacts the quality and scalability of our manufacturing operations.