Prototype Technician

Cyngn is a Silicon Valley-based autonomous vehicle startup backed by leading Venture Capital firms, including Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, and Index Ventures.

We are a team of engineers and scientists, and we believe in building the best products through open and honest collaboration. We're constantly experimenting, asking questions, listening to feedback, and taking action.

The journey of creating and building is just as important as the final product. We pride ourselves on our trusting and creative work environment; it's what has led us to build one of the world's leading autonomous vehicle solutions. Our advanced self-driving system is cost-effective, modular, and broadly applicable across a variety of industries and vehicles by leveraging applied artificial intelligence, leading-edge sensors, and robotics. 

To build this incredible technology, we are looking for energetic, motivated, and experienced technical leaders to help guide our team and move this innovative field forward.

We want you to bring a passion for autonomous vehicles and the future of mobility with a zen-like ability to excel in a fast-paced startup environment. You are driven, curious, calm , and thrive on opportunities to make a big impact on technologies that will revolutionize entire industries while creating commercial success for Cyngn and its partners. 

If you love to build, tinker, and create with a team of trusted colleagues, then Cyngn is the place for you.

 Cyngn is scaling its team to deliver its pragmatic product vision into customers' sites as we take on more ambitious deployments. As a Prototype Fabricator at Cyngn you will work with a cross-functional team to develop and deploy autonomous solutions across multiple industrial applications and platforms. You will support the vehicle hardware team by fabricating prototypes, supporting vehicle builds and troubleshooting issues as they arise.    

Responsibilities

• Working closely with Cyngn hardware engineers to build prototype vehicles, sensor kits, and test fixturesOperating associated equipment (TIG/MIG Welder, Mill, Lathe, Plasma Table, Shear and Break Press) to fabricate components
• Assemble vehicles and subassemblies for first prototypes
• Build prototype electrical harnessingCollaborate with engineers and designers to resolve design issues and ensure prototypes meet specifications
• Build and assemble prototype components according to specifications, ensuring quality and functionality
• Update and maintain engineering/internal test fleet of autonomous vehicles, as needed

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years (5 years preferred) of experience as a fabricator/technician.Ability to work well in a fast pace team environment
• Experience troubleshooting electrical and mechanical issues in automotive and heavy machinery
• Experience creating electrical harnesses; running wires, terminating circuits, and troubleshooting mis-pins
• Ability to build prototypes from mechanical drawings and schematics
• Proficient in using various computer-aided design (CAD) software (e.g. Solidworks)
• Experience with project management tools and methodologies

$31.25 - $36.06 an hour