Mind Robotics builds intelligent, broadly capable robots for industrial deployment in high-impact environments. Backed by Accel, Kleiner Perkins and a16z.
About the role
We're building robots for industrial deployment that push the limits of what hardware can do - and the electronics inside them have to survive the real world, at scale, from suppliers who've never built anything quite like this before. We need someone who has industrialized components in the trenches: walked the SMT lines, run the PPAPs, and carried a design from first prototype to a ramp that didn't fall over.
What they're looking for
- You've built or significantly shaped an SI, SQE, or NPI function before. You know what it means to operate without a playbook because you've written one, not just followed it
- 7+ years in supplier industrialization, supplier quality, NPI, or manufacturing engineering in hardware-intensive industries such as robotics, consumer electronics, automotive, or aerospace
- Working knowledge of IPC standards and PCB fabrication processes, experience with flex and rigid-flex circuits or sensor integration (tactile, force, capacitive, camera modules) is a strong plus
- Fluent in the industrialization toolkit: PPAP, APQP, pFMEA, control plans, SPC, MSA/Gage R&R, DOE, capability analysis (Cpk), 8D/RCCA
- Hands-on experience taking products through the prototype-to-production transition, including EVT/DVT/PVT builds, tooling and test fixture qualification, run-at-rate, and ramp
- Engineering degree (Electrical, Mechanical, or similar) and the ability to read schematics, layouts, and drawings well enough to hold your own in design reviews with the engineers who made them
More about this role
Mind Robotics is building Physical AI for real-world industrial deployment, starting with the factory floor. We believe the hardest problems in AI are solved when researchers and engineers are hands-on with the physical world every day - and we're looking for people who are passionate about robotics, value ownership, and are excited to tackle difficult problems. Join us if you want to move beyond digital intelligence and put intelligence into motion.
We're building robots for industrial deployment that push the limits of what hardware can do - and the electronics inside them have to survive the real world, at scale, from suppliers who've never built anything quite like this before. We need someone who has industrialized components in the trenches: walked the SMT lines, run the PPAPs, and carried a design from first prototype to a ramp that didn't fall over.
You'll help build our supplier industrialization function from scratch - the process, the supplier base - while staying hands-on with the parts. You'll own PCBA, electronics, and tactile sensing to start, embedded with our engineering team from the first schematic review. As we scale, so does the scope: this role can grow into...
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