Hardware Technician Lead - Wearable Devices

Instawork’s on-demand labor marketplace is uniquely valuable for robotics and physical AI. We’re working with leading frontier labs to create the highest-quality, highest-diversity datasets for training robotics foundation models. Instawork Robotics is the human advantage in the robotics revolution. 

We are seeking a highly skilled, Field Engineering Technician to manage the maintenance, calibration, and local deployment of a fleet of 600 custom wearable camera rigs. Unlike standard IT support, this role sits at the intersection of precision electronics, mechanical assembly, and field operations. You will be the primary guardian of our hardware integrity, ensuring that high-stakes egocentric data collection continues without interruption across various deployment sites.

About IRL

Researchers at UC Berkeley have identified a “100,000-year data gap” - the gulf between what trained AI language models and what physical robots actually have to learn from. Closing that gap is the defining infrastructure challenge of the physical AI era. IRL is Instawork’s answer to it. We deploy skilled workers into real commercial and residential environments - kitchens, warehouses, hotel floors, homes - to capture the high-fidelity task data that the world’s leading Robotics labs use to train their foundation models. Read more here.

Who You Are:

Hardware Technician Lead– Wearable Devices
Experience: 3 - 5 years  
Shift: Night Shift
Location: Bangalore

Role overview
We are looking for a Hardware Service Technician to install, test, troubleshoot, repair, maintain, and deploy Instacore wearable hardware devices.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with electronics or hardware troubleshooting and be comfortable working with cameras, sensors, circuit boards, cables, connectors, and mobile devices.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead troubleshooting, repair, and rework of wearable camera rigs, PCBs, sensor modules, cables, connectors, and associated electronics.
• Perform component-level fault diagnosis using circuit schematics, digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, and other electronic testing tools.
• Carry out precision SMD and through-hole soldering, component replacement, PCB rework, and board-level debugging.
• Diagnose power, connectivity, camera detection, recording, and sensor-related failures across complete hardware assemblies.
• Perform board bring-up, firmware flashing, functional testing, and post-repair validation before deployment.
• Investigate recurring hardware failures, document root causes, and recommend corrective and preventive actions.
• Lead daily repair operations, prioritize repair queues, allocate tasks, and support technicians with complex hardware failures.
• Establish consistent repair procedures, quality checks, and testing standards to improve repair yield and reduce repeat failures.
• Maintain detailed repair records for each rig, including failure symptoms, root causes, components replaced, repair history, and final test results.
• Analyze recurring component failures and repair trends to support engineering improvements.
• Coordinate spare-part availability and repair activities with engineering, inventory, and field operations teams.
• Train technicians on troubleshooting, precision rework, ESD safety, and repair documentation.
• Support testing and validation of new components, cable revisions, and hardware changes.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Diploma, ITI, or degree in Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in electronics troubleshooting, PCB repair, hardware rework, or electronics service operations.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital electronics, power circuits, electronic components, connectors, and cable assemblies.
• Practical experience with SMD and through-hole soldering, component replacement, and PCB-level fault diagnosis.
• Ability to interpret electronic schematics and systematically diagnose circuit-level faults.
• Hands-on experience using digital multimeters, oscilloscopes, bench power supplies, and other electronic test equipment.
• Familiarity with microcontrollers, embedded hardware, sensors, cameras, or IoT devices.
• Experience in root-cause analysis and troubleshooting recurring hardware failures.
• Ability to lead repair activities, guide technicians, and maintain repair quality and documentation.
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Willingness to work the designated night shift in Bengaluru.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with wearable devices, camera-based systems, embedded electronics, IoT products, or telemetry hardware.
• Experience with precision micro-soldering, advanced PCB rework, board bring-up, and hardware validation.
• Familiarity with test-jig development and structured hardware testing.
• Experience maintaining laboratory instruments and electronic testing setups.
• Previous experience leading a hardware repair team or training junior technicians.
• Exposure to hardware production, repair tracking systems, spare-parts management, and failure-trend reporting.
• Familiarity with firmware flashing, embedded device configuration, and hardware-software integration.

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