Robotic Technician / Maker

Your mission

As a Robotic Technician / Maker you are the hands that keep our robots and robot stations alive. As we scale operations and onboard robot operators, you will assemble, bring up, maintain, and repair the hardware that everything else depends on making sure every station and every machine is reliable, ready, and running.

You sit at the heart of the hardware team, working day-to-day with our Mechatronics Engineer and Chief Robot Officer. You won't just follow instructions: you'll spot what breaks and why, feed it back into the design, and increasingly take on light mechanical design work yourself. When the fleet grows, you're the reason it keeps moving.

Key responsibilities:

• Assemble robot stations and humanoid subsystems from designs, BOMs, and assembly instructions, mechanical, electromechanical, and wiring

• Maintain, service, and repair robots and stations: diagnose faults, replace parts, minimize downtime, and get machines back in operation fast

• Set up and run preventive maintenance routines and spare-part tracking, so reliability scales with the number of robots and operators

• Handle hands-on electromechanical work: fastening, cabling, harnessing, soldering, actuator and sensor integration, and system bring-up

• Support and troubleshoot teleoperation and operator stations calibration, quick fixes, and keeping operators productive

• Contribute to mechanical design: produce and modify CAD parts, design jigs, fixtures, and brackets, and 3D-print or machine simple components

• Work closely with the Mechatronics Engineer and Chief Robot Officer to improve designs for reliability, serviceability, and ease of assembly (DFA / DFM feedback from the shop floor)

• Document builds, modifications, maintenance records, and repair procedures clearly, turning your hands-on knowledge into guides the whole team can scale on

What You Bring to the Table

• Proven hands-on experience assembling, maintaining, and repairing complex mechanical or electromechanical systems (robotics, automotive, automation, aerospace, prototyping shops, or similar)

• A technical background in mechatronics, electromechanics, industrial maintenance, or a related field, formal training or a strong self-taught maker track record

• Comfort across disciplines: mechanical assembly, wiring, soldering, basic electronics, and methodical troubleshooting

• Working CAD skills (SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or Onshape) and the appetite to take on light mechanical design yourself

• Familiarity with modern fabrication: 3D printing, basic machining, and common workshop tools

• A "builder / hacker" mindset: you prototype fast, test in the real world, break things, and fix them

• Methodical, autonomous, and reliable, with a real instinct for clean documentation and traceability

• Comfortable thriving in a fast-moving early-stage environment where priorities shift and ownership is high

• Working proficiency in English

• Format : open to a permanent French contract (CDI) or a flexible part-time / contractor arrangement, depending on your situation and ours

• Where: on-site (Paris), hands-on with the team and the hardware

UMA is an inclusive workplace that values exceptional builders over perfect pedigrees. Whatever your background, identity, or journey, if you don't meet every criterion but believe you can have an outsized impact here, we strongly encourage you to apply