Electronics Assembly Technician

About Topanga

At Topanga
, we’re transforming kitchen operations with AI‑powered solutions that help leading commercial kitchens waste less and save more. Our products, including the award‑winning Reuse Pass program and Stream Line, a food‑production tracking and waste‑mitigation workflow automation tool, are used by industry leaders to drive measurable impact and cost savings. Win. Win.

We’re an early‑stage technology company with product‑market fit, entering our next phase of explosive growth. We have a strong sense of mission and direction, accompanied by constant testing and iteration.

Our team is a passionate mix of technologists, foodies, designers, and problem solvers who believe that building efficient systems can create a future of abundance. We’re passionate about solving hard problems—through questioning, debate, and ultimately committing to a shared direction, we create solutions that matter.

Today, we’re a remote‑first team with a main office hub in LA, where team members go in a few days per week. The rest of our team is distributed across the U.S., with a growing presence in NYC. We strive to compensate and offer benefits that are above market for the given role and stage of the company. Pay may be a combination of salary, commission, and/or equity depending on role and seniority.

Full‑time employees are eligible for health benefits and 401k enrollment.

Salaried employees can expect a self‑regulated PTO policy and a culture that promotes using at least three weeks every year. We sign off at 2:30 p.m. on Fridays, observe long weekends, and respect that some days, you wake up and your head just ain’t in it.

We encourage each other’s pursuit of hobbies, passions, and experiences outside of work. We acknowledge that careers tend to be zig‑zags, not straight lines. This is great as long as the time spent working is fulfilling. Basically, our jobs do not define us, but they can add purpose.

• Electro‑Mechanical Assembly Technician
• Manufacturing Technician
• Electronics Production Technician
• Hardware Technician
• Production Technician
• Assembly Technician

You are a technician who is experienced and comfortable using hand tools and power tools to assemble both robust metal structures (tube frames, sheet metal) and delicate electronics assemblies (PCBs, small‑gauge wiring). To accomplish this work, you have some familiarity and experience with a broad range of tools and skills, and are motivated to utilize and improve those skills to produce a high‑quality output.

You keep your workspace and materials tidy and well‑organized, and keep good records of your work products, which helps you be efficient. You recognize that a job well done the first time is always more efficient in the long run.

• Good organization — developing your own methods for keeping inventory and work products in order
• Mechanical assembly with hand and power tools — drilling, tapping, deburring, filing, sanding
• Cable assembly — stripping, crimping, testing, strain relieving
• Good ESD practices — assembling sensitive electronic components together into a system
• PC program usage — Word documents, spreadsheets, ordering from suppliers, email, file organization
• Soldering for assembly and repair — wires, through‑hole and surface mount components

• Experience with FDM 3D printers (clearing build plates, starting new print jobs)
• Quality control experience
• Production assembly experience
• Experience identifying opportunities for products or processes
• Package packing/shipment experience
• Mechanical or electrical troubleshooting
• Maintaining a bill of materials
• Using/designing mechanical fixtures and jigs
• Setting quality and workmanship standards

The rate of production will increase dramatically through 2026 and beyond, so assembly and test processes will need to become more standardized, efficient and clear in order to meet our goals. There is plenty of…