Robotics Assembly Lead
On-siteHouston, Texas, United States
Houston, Texas, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelStartup
Full TimeSenior LevelStartup
Job Summary
Lead both robotics assembly cells for hands-on build, verification, and first-article acceptance of humanoid robot hands, end effectors, torsos, limbs, and joints. Assign work against schedule, train and qualify assemblers, and maintain work instruction accuracy and matched-set serialization discipline. Perform daily build status reporting to the Production Manager, manage floor safety including rigging and crane operations, and escalate nonconforming parts for material review. Maintain torque tool calibration and verify acceptance criteria across fine-motor and heavy-precision stations.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or GED
- Five or more years of hands-on mechanical assembly, machine build, or industrial maintenance in tolerance-critical work
- Demonstrated depth in either fine-motor precision assembly or heavy precision mechanical assembly, working competence in the other, and the willingness to become qualified in both
- Experience directing other people's work — as a lead, foreman, crew chief, shop supervisor, trainer, or military maintenance NCO — including checking their work and telling them when it's wrong
- Fluency with mechanical drawings, work instructions, bills of materials, and precision measuring tools, and the ability to teach all of it
- Judgment about when to stop work
- Clear communication — you are the interface between the floor and engineering — plus basic computer skills for build and training records
- Availability for overtime and weekend work during production pushes, paid at 1.5x, and willingness to flex across shifts as the build schedule requires
- Handling components and assemblies weighing up to 50 lbs, occasionally throughout a shift
- Moving between bench stations and the structural line for the duration of a shift, accessing assembly points at varying heights and orientations, involving frequent bending, reaching, and kneeling
- Sustained fine motor manipulation of small components and precision hand tools, including work under magnification, while wearing required PPE and ESD equipment
Desired Qualifications
- Experience standing up a new assembly line or cell, or bringing a new product into production
- Both fine-motor and heavy precision assembly experience in the same career — rare, and worth a lot here
- Material review board, nonconformance, or root cause analysis experience, or ownership of a torque tool and gauge calibration program
- Overhead crane, hoist, forklift, or rigging certification, and the ability to train others on it
- Military maintenance supervision — machinist's mate, hull technician, maintenance NCO, or avionics or ordnance chief
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