Robot Technician

About the role

We’re looking for a Robot Technician to keep our fleet running. You’ll primarily focus on fixing robots that break in the field and in our lab.

Qualifications/Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in electrical or mechanical engineering work.
• Experience working with robots.
• Comfort working in Linux.
• Ability to diagnose and fix hardware issues and document what went wrong.
• Ability to work in our lab and travel to customer sites as needed.
• Please include a portfolio with your application. Projects count toward relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with humanoid robots.
• Experience in logistics or warehouse environments.
• Experience with CAD or 3D printing.

Things that make you an ideal fit:

• You like taking things apart, understanding how they work, and making them more reliable.
• You notice small problems early and fix them before they become big ones.

What we value

• Can-do attitude: I’ve never seen someone achieve an ambitious goal they didn’t believe was possible. A can-do attitude is a prerequisite for doing great things.
• Ownership: You care about the quality of your work and see your projects through.
• Urgency: You keep projects moving and are comfortable working at a startup pace.

About the interview
We will conduct 3-4 interviews with various members of our team evaluating your skills and past projects. The final interview will cover administrative details and the logistics of the hire.

About Yondu

Yondu is creating the robotic workforce of the future starting with logistics automation. We're deploying humanoid robots in the first flexible, drop-in picking automation solution designed for 3PLs. Our approach is building robot foundation models to enable off the shelf robots to do these tasks autonomously. To train these models, we're building our own teleoperation system in house. Finally, there's a whole stack of classical robotics and integration work to make our systems work in the real world . Learning constantly and keeping up with SOTA research is one of the pillars of our company's culture. The company was founded by MIT students and has raised seed funding after graduating from the YC W24 batch. Join us in shaping the way the world works.