Production Software Engineer

Production Software Engineer, Manufacturing Software
Palo Alto, CA (on-site)

About 1X
We build humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.

The Role
As a Production Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in transitioning robots from engineering to reliable, scalable manufacturing. You’ll work hands-on with systems that span electronics, firmware, middleware, and mechanical integration identifying and resolving production issues to ensure long-term reliability. Your work will directly impact the stability and repeatability of robot assembly, calibration, and testing processes. This role is ideal for an engineer with production experience who understands how software and hardware come together in real-world manufacturing environments.

You Will

• Triage and debug robot issues on the factory floor across electronics, firmware, middleware, and mechanical components.

• Develop and maintain software for manufacturing test, calibration, validation, and system bring-up

• Design and implement robot self-test frameworks for end-of-line and end-of-day validation

• Build structured diagnostics and error reporting systems to enable rapid root-cause analysis

• Translate engineering prototypes into robust, production-ready processes and tools

• Own and evolve test software across various robot subsystems, PCBAs, and sensors

• Support bootloaders, OTA flows, versioning, and traceability in distributed robot subsystems

• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Controls, and Systems teams to improve yield, reliability, and throughput

• Contribute to a modern Manufacturing Software stack, including:

  • Factory station software and hardware abstraction layers

  • Integrations with MES, logging, and traceability systems

  • DevOps, software version control, and deployment for factory software

• Operator-facing tools such as kiosk modes, health indicators, and access workflows