Robotics Technician 4 - Hardware

The Senior / Lead Robotics Hardware Technician / Support Engineer is a leadership role responsible for defining the system-level hardware architecture for major product lines. This position drives the technical direction of hardware projects from concept to production, mentors the hardware team, and establishes organization-wide standards for reliability and validation.

Requirements

• Define and own hardware architecture for complete robots or major product lines
• Make key trade-off decisions among performance, cost, and reliability to meet business objectives
• Lead multi-phase hardware projects from concept to production, owning the entire project lifecycle
• Set technical direction, schedules, and milestones while coordinating across mechanical, electrical, controls, and manufacturing teams
• Align daily technician tasks with critical project milestones to ensure effective resource utilization
• Inspire respect and motivation within the team by ensuring all members are aligned on high-level goals
• Champion Agile methodologies and utilize software relevant tools to streamline lab and engineering operations
• Lead the implementation of robust QA/QC and issue-tracking processes
• Define and oversee advanced analyses, including FEA (Finite Element Analysis), tolerance stackups, and reliability modeling
• Establish system-level validation plans, including worst-case operating scenarios and regression tests
• Create hardware standards, libraries, and best practices to guide the work of Tech I–III staff
• Sponsor exploratory efforts to evaluate and integrate new hardware technologies
• Mentor and coach staff, performing rigorous design reviews to ensure technical excellence and safety
• Foster a culture of collaboration, respect, safety and ownership within the engineering pool
• Maintain proactive communication with stakeholders to prevent silos and ensure alignment
• Demonstrate proficiency in technical communication by writing comprehensive SOPs and maintaining accurate project documentation
• Actively support and integrate into the company culture by consistently upholding its core values, purpose, and mission
• Exhibits behaviors that reflect a commitment to quality, continuous improvement, and high performance to achieve client and company goals
• Participates in on-site meetings and training as needed

Benefits

• Employer pays 60% premiums of Health/ Dental/ Vision Insurance for employee and dependents
• Access to supplemental plans such as GAP, Disability, Accident, Whole Life, Identity Protection & more
• Paid leave and paid holidays
• 401(k) matching (up to 4%)
• Educational Reimbursement
• Supportive environment & company hosted events