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 the 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 Hardware Engineering team develops the electrical systems that power, sense, and control every aspect of NEO. From power distribution and embedded electronics to actuators, motor drives, sensors, and system integration, the team builds the foundation that enables reliable robot performance.

We work closely with mechanical, firmware, controls, manufacturing, and test teams to deliver high-performance hardware that can scale from prototype to mass production. Our engineers operate across abstraction layers, combining deep technical expertise with practical product development experience.

Your Charter

Design and deliver the electrical systems that enable humanoid robots to move, sense, and operate reliably in the real world.

You will own critical electrical subsystems from architecture through production, balancing performance, safety, reliability, manufacturability, and cost. Working across robotics hardware platforms, you will develop robust electrical designs that integrate seamlessly with firmware, controls, and mechanical systems while supporting rapid product iteration and long-term scalability.

Your work will directly impact robot performance, reliability, and manufacturability across the product lifecycle.

Key Outcomes

Design and release electrical subsystems that meet performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturing requirements

Develop robust electrical architectures spanning power, sensing, control, and embedded electronics

Deliver validated hardware designs from concept through schematic capture, PCB development, bring-up, and production support

Improve product reliability through strong EMI/ESD design practices, validation testing, and root-cause analysis

Partner effectively with firmware, controls, manufacturing, and test teams to resolve complex system-level challenges

Key Competencies

Strong electrical engineering fundamentals across analog, digital, and embedded electronics design

Ability to balance system-level architecture decisions with detailed hardware implementation

Strong hands-on debugging and validation skills using laboratory instrumentation

Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to independently drive complex technical issues to resolution

Strong communication and collaboration skills across multidisciplinary engineering teams

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field

5+ years of professional electrical engineering experience, with level determined based on experience and scope of ownership

Strong fundamentals in analog and digital circuit design

Experience designing, reviewing, debugging, and validating hardware from schematic through PCB bring-up

Familiarity with power systems, sensors, and embedded electronics

Hands-on experience with oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power supplies, and other laboratory equipment

Understanding of EMI/ESD considerations and robust hardware design practices

Experience collaborating closely with mechanical, firmware, controls, test, and manufacturing teams