Softgoods Product Design Engineer
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA
Roboticsonsitesenior$175k–$215k
At a glance
Highlights
- Design soft-touch textiles, foams and elastomers people touch on NEO robot.
- Own softgoods components end-to-end from first sketch to mass production.
- Blend traditional craft with exotic materials for safe, welcoming home robot.
What they offer
- Equity
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave
- 401(k) plan with company match
- FSA and HSA options
- Commuter benefits
- Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Ideal candidate
Hands-on maker obsessed with soft-touch craft who loves blending traditional textiles with new materials to create welcoming, production-ready products for the home.
Requirements
- 5-10 years experience, open to standout candidates with less
- Bachelors of Science in engineering or related field or equivalent experience
- Portfolio required showcasing professional work and personal projects
- Deep hands-on knowledge of textiles, foams and elastomers including yarns, dyes, knitting and weaving
- Experience with cut-and-sew, bonding, lamination and molding techniques
- Fluent in 3D CAD modeling and surface design with FEA for validation
- Experience designing for high-volume manufacturability and production scale
Lab profile
About 1X Technologies
Building safe humanoid robots for home chores backed by embodied AI research.
What they build
- Humanoid robots for home use
- Foundation models for embodied intelligence
Known for
- Safe humanoid hardware design
- Embodied AI and robot learning
- World model pretraining
- Physics simulation and dynamics
Key facts
- Founded in 2014
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