Mecka AI is a New York City–based startup that collects human motion data from body sensors and iPhones to train embodied AI models for robotics.
ABOUT MECKA Mecka AI is building the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI. We design and operate global systems for data capture, data labeling, and hardware-enabled workflows used by leading AI and robotics teams. Our operations span multiple countries, with contributors, partners, and customers across North America and Asia. OUR MISSION Robotics will become the largest industry in human history — larger than anything that has come before it. As intelligent machines move into the physical world, they will dramatically expand global GDP, raise the material standard of living for everyone, and ultimately help make humanity a multiplanetary civilization. None of that happens without one thing: enormous amounts of high-quality, real-world data. Mecka AI builds that foundation. We are the data infrastructure layer for robotics and embodied AI — the substrate that teaches machines to perceive, reason, and act in reality. Get this right, and we accelerate the most important technological transition of our time. OUR CULTURE - Excellence as the baseline. We hold an extremely high bar and expect the best work of your career. Mediocrity isn't interesting to us. - Highly technical. We reason from first principles, not by analogy. The best argument wins — regardless of title or tenure. - Truth-seeking. We are relentlessly honest with ourselves and each other. We chase reality — measured, not assumed — and kill our own bad ideas fast. - Maniacal urgency. The work matters and the clock is real. We move fast, ship, measure, and iterate. - Extreme ownership. You own outcomes end-to-end — no hand-offs, no excuses, no waiting for permission. - Hardcore. This is a high-intensity environment for people who want to do the defining work of their lives. THE ROLE As the company scales, firmware has to survive contact with the factory and the field. As Production Embedded & Partner Integration Engineer, you are the embedded authority on the ground in China — owning firmware bring-up, flashing, and manufacturing test at the line, and serving as the technical embedded voice with our manufacturing partners. You harden the stack the Canada embedded lead architects and close the loop on production and field issues back to the team. The seam is explicit: the test strategy is set in Canada; you own its implementation and execution at the line. RESPONSIBILITIES - Own firmware bring-up, flashing, and provisioning at the production line. - Own manufacturing test software and calibration stations — the host-side test software, instrumentation, fixtures, and pass/fail criteria that verify each unit before it ships. - Lead technical integration with our contract manufacturer and component suppliers, debugging yield, calibration, and intermittent issues that only appear at production volume. - Independently root-cause embedded issues at the line and in returns, feeding them back to the Canada stack owner. - Implement and harden the Canada-defined embedded test strategy. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - 7+ years in embedded, including hands-on time on a production line — able to debug at the line independently, with strong C/C++, drivers, and low-level hardware debugging. - Hands-on experience with factory bring-up, flashing/provisioning, and manufacturing test software. - Credible as the technical embedded interface with a contract manufacturer and suppliers. - Based in or willing to relocate to China; Mandarin strongly preferred for CM/supplier work; English working proficiency required. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS - Camera/sensor calibration and test-station experience. - Prior experience as the on-site embedded engineer for a consumer hardware ramp. - Background from a China hardware-execution org (e.g. DJI, Insta360).