Mechanical Technician

Job Type: Contract

Pay rate: $33-54/hr

Work location: San Francisco office (SOMA neighborhood)

Schedule: Day shift with occasional travel and work on-site (typically up to a week at a time), including some nights and weekends

About the role:

We’re looking for a self-motivated build technician to build and test Glacier’s products and associated hardware, including field deployments, internal development prototypes, and product refurbishments.

Responsibilities:

• Build and test our in-house robot and scanner, following instructions provided by the engineering teams, as we continue to scale our deployments to new customer sites across the country
• Organize and maintain our build facilities, tools, and related supplies
• Provide feedback to engineers regarding build design and instructions
• Assist our operations team with customer installs and associated packing, including up to a few days per month of travel and working an occasional overnight or weekend shift
• Perform incoming inspection of custom parts, following part drawings
• Collaborate with our R&D and field service engineers to refine our technical documents, such as assembly standard operating procedures (SOPs) and test protocols.

Requirements:

• Proficiency with tools and equipment commonly used in a hardware manufacturing environment, such as hand tools, power tools (electric/air), measurement tools, and electrical tools (multimeter and similar)
• 2+ years professional experience assembling robotic systems or similar complex machinery
• Ability to occasionally move items weighing up to 50 lbs around install/build sites, with reasonable accommodations
• Proficiency in reading and comprehending technical documents, such as assembly SOPs and test processes.
• Ability to work from our San Francisco office (SOMA neighborhood) on most days of the week
• Ability to travel and work on-site occasionally (typically up to a few days at a time), including some nights and weekends
• Knowledge of electrical circuits, mechanical components, and sensors commonly used in robotics or automation systems is a plus
• Familiarity with Linux systems, Terminal and Networking is a plus

About us:

At Glacier, we are taking on one of the world’s most pressing problems: trash. Did you know that in the US, we send over half of our recyclables to the landfill? We're working to fix that. In doing so, we’ll also be reducing carbon emissions, energy consumption, and depletion of natural resources.

Glacier builds custom sorting robots designed to sort apart recyclables as well as AI-powered business analytics that enable recyclers to superpower their plants and improve our society’s circularity. These two products together are helping to divert tons of recyclables (literally!) from landfills every day. We’re looking for a talented Project Engineer to lead and streamline the deployment of our growing fleet of robots and AI scanners so we can maximize our environmental impact.

• We started Glacier to have a major positive environmental impact, and we are searching for teammates who share in that mission.
• We’re backed by top-tier VCs and angels with extensive technical and industry expertise.
• We have several robots in production at customer sites and a robust pipeline of upcoming deployments.