What are the responsibilities and job description for the Engineering Technician position at Shinkei?
While we may not have an immediate opening, we're always looking to connect with exceptional engineers looking for future opportunities who thrive in fast-paced, collaborative environments and enjoy solving complex technical challenges!
What You Get To Do
We’re a fast-paced, hardware-heavy team that thrives on solving tough mechanical and electrical challenges in the real world. Whether it’s a testbed on the bench or a robot being deployed on a fishing vessel, we believe in building things that work — and fixing them fast when they don’t.
What You Get To Do
- Support the build, integration, debugging, and testing of robotic subsystems, production hardware, and test fixtures
- Work closely with mechanical, electrical, and software engineers to bring prototypes to life, maintain hardware, and support field deployments
- Assist with assembly of actuators, structure, and fluid systems
- Perform harness builds, rework, and routing for development and production systems
- Troubleshoot electro-mechanical assemblies and support root-cause investigations
- Assist with hardware-in-the-loop test systems setup and maintenance
- Support engineers during prototype bring-up including mechanical assembly, electrical wiring, and basic plumbing
- Maintain a clean, organized lab space and manage tools and spare inventory
- Occasionally support field deployments and hardware upgrades at customer sites
- Collaborate with Production Coordinator to meet build timelines and production goals
- 2 years of hands-on technician or manufacturing experience
- Strong mechanical aptitude and familiarity with hand tools, power tools, and light fabrication
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings, wiring schematics, and harness diagrams
- Experience with electro-mechanical assemblies including PCBAs, motors, actuators, and sensors
- Comfortable in a fast-paced R&D environment with evolving requirements
- Attention to detail and a proactive, self-starting mindset
- Comfort switching between mechanical assembly, electrical troubleshooting, and basic plumbing — you may help an engineer debug a PCB one day, then route a harness or integrate a subsystem the next
- Industrial crimping tools, D-sub and circular connectors
- Low-voltage electrical systems and safe troubleshooting practices Test setups involving pumps, valves, or pneumatics
- Basic Linux command line or Python scripting
- Supporting prototype bring-up or field deployments
We’re a fast-paced, hardware-heavy team that thrives on solving tough mechanical and electrical challenges in the real world. Whether it’s a testbed on the bench or a robot being deployed on a fishing vessel, we believe in building things that work — and fixing them fast when they don’t.