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title: 'Quality Control Technician at Skild AI'
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# Quality Control Technician at Skild AI

- **Company:** Skild AI
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA
- **Compensation:** $70k–$150k
- **Posted:** 2026-11-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/skildai-careers/jobs/5470595008

## Job description

Company Overview

At Skild AI, we are building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. We believe massive scale through data-driven machine learning is the key to unlocking these capabilities for the widespread deployment of robots within society. Our team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds, from new graduates to domain experts. Relevant industry experience is important, but ultimately less so than your demonstrated abilities and attitude. We are looking for passionate individuals who are eager to explore uncharted waters and contribute to our innovative projects.

Position Overview

Join Skild AI’s manufacturing team to help ensure robots, accessories, and incoming materials meet design requirements and quality standards. In this hands-on role, you will perform in-process and final inspections, verify incoming material conformity, and complete visual inspections of returned robots and accessories. You will document findings, identify nonconforming products, and work with manufacturing and engineering to resolve quality issues.

## Responsibilities

- Inspect incoming components, materials, and subassemblies against engineering drawings, specifications, approved samples, and applicable inspection criteria to verify design conformity and quality.
- Perform in-line and in-process inspections at designated assembly checkpoints. Verify workmanship, component placement, hardware installation, cable routing, connector seating, labeling, and other defined acceptance criteria.
- Complete final inspections of manufactured robots and accessories before release. Verify required inspection and test records are complete and products meet documented acceptance criteria.
- Perform visual receiving inspections of all incoming return material authorization (RMA) robots and accessories. Document physical condition, visible damage, missing components, identification labels, and other observed discrepancies.
- Record RMA inspection findings and photographs, as appropriate, and communicate observations to repair personnel. Distinguish observed conditions from suspected causes requiring further evaluation.
- Use appropriate measuring instruments, inspection tools, and visual inspection methods to check dimensions, fit, finish, and assembly quality. Verify equipment calibration status before use.
- Identify, label, and segregate nonconforming material or products according to established procedures. Document discrepancies and escalate issues for authorized disposition.
- Maintain accurate inspection records, checklists, and quality data, including part numbers, serial numbers, inspection results, and supporting evidence as required.
- Communicate recurring defects and quality trends to manufacturing, engineering, and quality personnel. Support root-cause investigations, corrective actions, and improvements to inspection processes.
- Coordinate inspections with production and receiving priorities while maintaining consistent acceptance standards. Follow safety, material handling, and 5S practices and perform other assigned quality duties.

## Preferred Qualifications

- At least 5 years of experience in quality control, quality inspection, or a similar role supporting electro-mechanical manufacturing.
- Experience performing incoming, in-process, and final inspections of mechanical parts, electrical components, or assembled products.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, dimensions, tolerances, specifications, bills of materials, and inspection instructions.
- Hands-on experience using calipers, micrometers, and other inspection or measuring equipment appropriate to the product.
- Ability to evaluate electro-mechanical assembly workmanship, including hardware installation, PCBA placement, cable routing, connector engagement, and labeling.
- Strong attention to detail and sound judgment when comparing inspection results with documented acceptance criteria.
- Experience documenting defects, maintaining traceable inspection records, and handling nonconforming material through established procedures.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to describe defects objectively and work effectively with production, receiving, repair, and engineering teams.
- Ability to organize inspection priorities, work independently within defined procedures, and escalate unclear requirements or quality concerns.
- Comfort using Google Docs, Google Sheets, email, and electronic quality or production systems to record and communicate inspection results.

Additional Experience We Value

- Experience inspecting robots, automated equipment, or similar complex electro-mechanical products.
- Experience documenting the condition of RMA products and supporting repair or failure-analysis teams.
- Familiarity with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, sampling plans, and applicable workmanship standards.
- Experience with ERP or product lifecycle management systems, such as Rootstock and Arena, and supporting corrective actions or continuous improvement.

Physical Requirements

The role involves regular sitting, standing, and walking in a manufacturing environment, as well as close visual inspection and hands-on use of inspection tools. Handling components and accessing inspection points on robots and accessories may require bending and reaching. Essential job functions may be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

Base Salary Range $70,000—$150,000 USD

## About Skild AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Skild AI builds a general-purpose robotic intelligence (the "Skild Brain") that enables any robot to autonomously perceive, act, and interact across diverse physical environments.
- **Entity Type**: Private (venture-backed; latest round Series C closed January 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (also offices in San Mateo, San Francisco, and Bengaluru)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Not publicly available in the reviewed sources

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Physical Automation
- **Target customers**: B2B enterprise – manufacturing, construction, security/inspection, logistics, and other sectors requiring physical task automation
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Bringing AI into the physical world" by building an omni-bodied brain that can control any robot for any task, learned from scalable, data-driven machine learning

## Products & Services
- **Skild Brain**: The core AI foundation model that works across different robot types and tasks, enabling low‑level skills (grasping, handover, navigation) abstracted via API calls.
- **Mobile Manipulation Platform**: Robots powered by Skild Brain that can navigate, grasp, and manipulate objects in unstructured environments.
- **Security/Inspection Robot Platform**: Robots equipped with Skild Brain for autonomous inspection in hazardous areas, reducing the need for human manual patrols.
- **Autonomous Packing System**: High‑precision dexterous manipulation for repetitive packing tasks.
- **Simulation & Data Tools**: Physics simulation environments and annotation pipelines used to train and validate the model.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised – **$2.215B** (CB Insights) / **$2.21B** (PitchBook), including a **$1.4B Series C** in January 2026
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Lightspeed, Felicis, Coatue, Bezos Expeditions, Sequoia Capital, and 39+ others (per CB Insights)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Acquired Zebra Technologies’ robotics automation business (April 2026)
  - Rapid headcount growth: ~50 employees (PitchBook) with **51 open roles** listed on Greenhouse as of mid‑2026
  - Expanded footprint to multiple US cities and Bengaluru, India

## Competitive Advantages
- **Omni‑bodied AI**: A single foundation model works across diverse robot hardware and tasks, avoiding the need for task‑specific training.
- **Scalable data pipeline**: Learns from human videos and real‑world interactions, creating a long‑term data advantage.
- **End‑to‑end integration**: From simulation and data annotation to real‑world deployment, the company controls the full stack.
- **Backing by top‑tier VCs and Bezos Expeditions**, providing capital and strategic access for rapid scaling.

## Strategic Focus
- **Real‑world deployment**: Prioritizing tangible robot applications (packing, inspection, manipulation) to deliver immediate customer value.
- **Data moat**: Continuing to scale data acquisition through human‑video learning and proprietary simulation.
- **Cross‑industry expansion**: Moving from early‑stage deployments into construction, manufacturing, logistics, and security verticals.

## Why Work Here
- **Innovation‑driven culture**: Described as a team where “curiosity meets impact,” tackling the frontier of physical AI.
- **Diverse openings**: 50+ roles across engineering (CV/ML, manipulation, embedded, simulation, infrastructure), research, product, operations, and marketing.
- **Global presence**: Offices in Pittsburgh, San Mateo, San Francisco (US) and Bengaluru (India); some roles allow remote work, though many are location‑specific.
- **Engineering‑forward**: Emphasis on data‑driven machine learning, robotics, and large‑scale systems, with opportunities to work on the core AI model and deployment.
- **Perks**: Not detailed, but typical for venture‑backed robotics startups include competitive equity, modern hardware, and a mission‑oriented environment.

## Sources
1. [skild.ai](https://www.skild.ai/)
2. [Greenhouse Job Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/skildai-careers)
3. [CB Insights](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/skild-ai)
4. [PitchBook](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/608340-52)

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