Senior Reliability Test Engineer, Figure
Software Focus
$150-225k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
AI robotics company
Open for applications
AI robotics company
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$150-225k
Office located in Sunnyvale, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To expand human capabilities through advanced AI.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of experience in test engineering
- Bachelor's degree or higher in related field
- Extensive experience in automation of test setups, data acquisition systems, and data visualization methods for mass production products
- General electrical debugging experience (power supplies, oscilloscope, DMM, etc.)
- Knowledge of standard instrument interface protocols (CAN, ETH, Serial) and experience using these interfaces in automation
- Experience working with test equipment suppliers to spec and build test setups
Desirable
- Create schematics and layout for basic PCB interfaces
- Experience with designing and executing test plans for mobile robots
- Experience with electric motors, gearboxes, or actuators
- Experience with batteries or battery powered system
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Reliability Test Engineer to be in charge of designing and executing test plans for our humanoid robots to ensure that they are meeting our lifetime reliability targets
- We are looking for someone with a strong test software engineering background who is able to work with reliability and design engineers to design and build reliability test infrastructures to autonomously execute component and system level reliability tests ranging from actuators to batteries to full robots
- Develop and implement advanced test setups tailored to meet critical data acquisition and electrical performance requirements
- Design and write automation software, including instrument drivers, to enable parallel testing over extended durations
- Own test platform gauge R&R, as well as communicate test results with cross functional team
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather test requirements and develop clear, actionable test plans
- Work alongside with reliability engineers to develop and execute accelerated life reliability tests spec for actuators, batteries, structures, bushings, wirings, sensors and complete system
- Support failure analysis efforts on reliability test failures
Our take
With an aging population and 10 million unsafe and undesirable jobs in the US, labour supply growth is predicted to flatline in the 21st century. Automation of jobs is a potential solution to these growing societal problems.
Exiting stealth in 2023, Figure Robotics joins a slew of AI and manufacturing companies with a distinct interest in humanoid robotics. The benefits of humanoid robotics, according to Figure, include the potential for them to take over unsafe or undesirable jobs from people, essentially leading to a happier and more purposeful society.
There’s clearly a long way to go, with Figure aware that its mission to expand human capabilities through advanced AI will take decades. That said, it has managed to raise more than $750 million in funding so far to help its long-term growth. And, with preliminary testing underway through a partnership with BMW, the company is certainly off to a good start.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Feb 2024
$675m
LATE VC
Jul 2023
$9m
SERIES A
Total funding: $854m
Company values
- Move Fast & Be Technically Fearless - Hesitation is the enemy of momentum. We are tackling today's most complex technological challenges by testing, experimenting, and taking calculated risks to embrace the unknown without fear of failure
- Product First, Mission Focused - Our product and our mission are one in the same: to bring a commercially viable humanoid to the market. We are builders, designers, and engineers united by a commitment to that mission, avoiding distraction and unrelated activities to remain laser-focused on shipping a safe, high quality product
- Aggressively Optimistic - Building Figure won’t be an easy win; it will require decades of commitment and ingenuity. We’re humbled by our mission, and aspire to remain optimistic even in the face of enormous hurdles
- Maximize Future Impact - We have what it takes to build the most groundbreaking company on the planet—to create an inspiring future for generations to come, with improved access to goods and services, safer working conditions, and more opportunity for fulfilling work. Our focus is on what we can achieve 5, 10, 20+ years from now, not the near-term wins
- Championship Mindset - To address the extraordinary demands of our work, we believe in operating as a winning team. We are in the trenches together, collaborating in-person, and pushing each other to the highest levels of performance
Company HQ
Sunnyvale, CA
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Leadership
Brett Adcock
(Founder)Currently Founder at Archer. Previously Founder at Vettery and various other statups.
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