The Mission
GRAM is a self-replication company creating machine labor for the physical economy.
Our first research frontier is self-preservation: the base case of physical self-replication. We are building a new class of machines called insectoids that can survive, coordinate, and recover without humans. We believe scalable machine labor requires more than single-agent task generality or machines shaped in our image.
About the role
You will build, wire, instrument, inspect, rework, service, and test insectoids and their subsystems. You will turn engineering releases into physical hardware, identify discrepancies before they become ambiguous machine failures, and maintain records connecting every test result to the actual article on the floor.
You will execute controlled work across fasteners, connectors, harnesses, bearings, sensors, adhesives, and calibration artifacts; surface defects quickly; and use measurements and documented discrepancies to restore the required build condition and improve product and process.
What you will do
- Assemble mechanical and electromechanical subsystems from drawings, bills of material, schematics, work instructions, torque requirements, and controlled revisions.
- Fabricate, route, terminate, label, inspect, and test wiring harnesses, connectors, sensor leads, and low-voltage power or communication assemblies.
- Install instrumentation and operate multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench supplies, torque tools, force or displacement sensors, data-acquisition equipment, and dimensional inspection tools.
- Perform subsystem checkout, continuity and insulation checks, leak or motion checks where applicable, calibration support, functional test, and machine bring-up under approved procedures.
- Diagnose build and service discrepancies using direct inspection, measurements, drawings, schematics, logs, and known-good comparisons; escalate beyond technician authority.
- Execute approved rework, repair, maintenance, and part replacement, then verify the restored condition through documented inspection and retest.
- Maintain build travelers, serial and lot traceability, tool and equipment status, configuration records, discrepancy reports, photographs, test results, and as-built feedback.
Minimum qualifications
- Professional experience assembling, testing, maintaining, or servicing complex electromechanical hardware whose work was accepted against documented requirements.
- Built or serviced complex electromechanical hardware from controlled mechanical drawings, electrical schematics, bills of material, and written procedures.
- Demonstrated proficiency in mechanical assembly and electrical workmanship, including torque-controlled fastening, connector assembly, crimping, soldering, wire identification, continuity testing, and visual inspection.
- Used measurement and diagnostic equipment such as calipers, micrometers, multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, torque tools, or data-acquisition systems to accept or troubleshoot hardware.
- Documented a nonconformance or build discrepancy, executed or supported controlled corrective work, and verified closure through inspection or functional retest.
Preferred experience
- Robotics, aerospace, automotive, medical-device, industrial-automation, or other low-volume complex hardware.
- Motor, gearbox, bearing, sensor, PCB, harness, battery, pneumatic, vacuum, adhesive, or precision-mechanism assembly and test.
- Prototype bring-up, environmental or lifecycle testing, machine-shop coordination, calibration systems, or configuration-controlled service work.
Additional requirements
This role requires regular movement around a robotics workspace and sustained hands-on work with tools, fixtures, test equipment, and powered electromechanical systems. You must follow required workspace controls, lockout or de-energization procedures, and personal protective equipment requirements.
Compensation
The hourly wage range for this El Segundo position is $40.00–$52.00 per hour. This position is hourly and non-exempt; overtime will be paid in accordance with applicable law. An offer within this range will reflect the position's approved scope and the candidate's demonstrated role-relevant skills and experience.
Working at GRAM
This is an on-site El Segundo role. You will work directly with machines, tools, fixtures, and test equipment.
Interview Process
After submitting your application, we review your portfolio and any exceptional work you've shipped. If your application demonstrates the caliber we seek, you'll enter our interview process, which is designed for speed and substance. We aim to complete it within one week from start to finish.
Trust in the Process
GRAM expects deep trust and ownership from its people, and we begin by extending the same to candidates. We treat your information, prior work, and conversations with discretion.