Shift Manager, Robot Operations
Confidential
Posted: January 30, 2026
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Job Description
Role: Shift Manager, Robot Operations
Location: Palo Alto & San Carlos CA (Onsite)
Shifts: Panama schedule (12-hour shifts; day or night)
About 1X
1X builds humanoid robots that work alongside people to solve labor shortages and create abundance.
The Role
As a Shift Manager at 1X, you are the senior operational owner for an entire shift. You are responsible for end-to-end execution across multiple teams, including Robot Operators, Shift Supervisors, and Wrangler functions, ensuring safe, efficient, and high-quality operations throughout your shift. This is not a people-management-only role. You are accountable for throughput, uptime, quality signals, and operational stability during your shift, and for clean handoffs between shifts.