About this role
Requirements
What you will own
- Give every tool, part, material, and project a labeled home, and set the pattern engineers copy for their
- Plan the layout as the team grows; order, receive, and assemble furniture, workbenches, and racks.
- Have tools, a computer, a desk, and a workspace ready for every new engineer on day one.
- Buy shop supplies and keep consumables stocked before anyone is blocked.
- Manage the reciept of larger orders like furniture or components that come crated or on pallets
- Keep tools organized and working, and maintain the 3D printers, CNC machine, and other shop equipment.
- Willingness to run the CNC occasionally for small jobs. We will teach you.
- Set a clear, visible cleanliness standard with simple daily or weekly routines the whole team follows.
- Keep shared areas, storage, and the robot testing space clean yourself, and nudge people back to the standard. When something keeps getting left out, fix its home first.
- Purge hardware we no longer need on a regular schedule: confirm with the owning engineer, sell what has value, recycle the rest.
- Manage teardown of retired robots, recovering the parts worth keeping.
- Handle scrap, recycling, and removal of bulk material like crates, pallets, and scrap metal.
Who you are
- Extremely organized and detail-oriented.
- Hands-on. You would rather build the shelf and label the bins today than write a plan for it.
- Warm and direct. You assume good intent, and you can tell a busy engineer their bench has slipped in a way that feels like help.
- A systems builder who knows the difference between a system people use and one they work around.
- Comfortable with hand and power tools, and able to tell a fastener, a connector, and a piece of stock apart.
- Able to lift 40+ lbs, operate a pallet stacker, and work around robots and machine tools.
- Willing to pitch in when something lands outside your scope.
Nice to haves
- Experience running a stockroom, tool crib, makerspace, or lab.
- Hands-on experience with 3D printers, electronics, CNC machines, or sheet metal.
- Shipping, receiving, and freight experience; pallet jack or forklift certification.
- Purchasing experience (McMaster-Carr, Digi-Key, and similar).
- Familiarity with inventory or MES software; ION is a plus.
- Experience with equipment teardown, salvage, or reselling surplus.
- A track record of building your own organization solutions.
Tutor offers competitive benefits including fully employer-covered health insurance, a managed 401(k), and regular in-office meals. We also offer unlimited PTO and holidays. We host social events and maintain a collaborative, low-ego work culture where people are trusted to take ownership and solve real problems. Tutor is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.