Software Engineer, Manufacturing & Service Tools

About 1X

We’re an AI and robotics company based in Palo Alto, California, on a mission to build a truly abundant society through general‑purpose robots capable of performing any kind of work autonomously.
We believe that to truly understand the world and grow in intelligence, humanoid robots must live and learn alongside us. That’s why we’re focused on developing friendly home robots designed to integrate seamlessly into everyday life.
We’re looking for curious, driven, and passionate people who want to help shape the future of robotics and AI. If this mission excites you, we’d be thrilled to hear from you and explore how you might contribute to our journey.

Role Overview

As a Software Engineer on the Manufacturing & Service Tools team, you will build tools and systems that support manufacturing, calibration, testing, and field service diagnostics. You’ll work closely with hardware, firmware, operations, and production teams to ensure reliable, repeatable, and robust tooling used by technicians and engineers alike. Your work will help 1X scale robot deployment with high quality, traceability, and diagnostics in real‑world environments.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tools used in manufacturing, calibration, testing, and field service

• Work closely with hardware, firmware, and ops teams to streamline bring‑up and QA processes

• Develop interfaces that help technicians validate, repair, and configure systems reliably

• Ensure tools are robust, repeatable, and easy to run by non‑engineers

• Support traceability, logging, and diagnostics for deployed systems

• Experience building tools for robotics, embedded systems, or hardware-focused teams.

• Strong Linux skills — comfortable with low-level debugging, scripting, and system introspection.

• Experience working in complex C++ codebases and broader experience in other languages.

• Familiarity with hardware interfaces like serial, USB, CAN, and GPIO.

• Able to design tools that are robust, minimal, and simple to use in real-world environments.

• Experience working in environments where reliability and clarity matter more than polish.

It will be nice if you had

• Experience with calibration, test automation, or factory bring-up flows.

• Comfortable building simple UIs (CLI, web, or desktop) for non-technical users.

• Familiar with data logging, test result tracking, or production metrics.

• Exposure to remote diagnostics or service tooling for deployed systems.

Equal Opportunity Employer

1X is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.