Tactile Sensing Research Engineer
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA
CHECKED 15H AGO
Roboticsonsite$200k–$250k
At a glance
Highlights
- Advance tactile sensing toward human-level touch for home humanoid NEO.
- Develop sensing systems capturing structure and dynamics of contact.
- Transition tactile concepts into dexterous manipulation for real-world robots.
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
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches
Ideal candidate
Hands-on builder with deep sensing expertise who settles debates with experiments and persists through hard problems to bring human-level touch to home robots.
Requirements
- PhD in Robotics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Bioengineering or related field
- Demonstrated high-impact contributions to tactile sensing or related sensing via publications, patents or deployed systems
- Proven experience developing sensing technologies through multiple generations of design, fabrication and validation
- Strong hands-on experience building and testing physical sensing systems
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