$46-$50/hr - Advanced Auto Technician - Diagnostics & Repair [Fleet]

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We’re hiring for an engineering-focused Vehicle Technician role supporting our client’s fleet readiness in Foster City, California. This is a hands-on, in-person contract role for an experienced technician who can perform maintenance, repairs, fleet reworks, inspections, and diagnostics to help keep vehicles safe, reliable, and ready for operation.

This role is best suited for advanced Auto Techs with strong recent vehicle technician experience who are comfortable working in a structured shop environment with work instructions, service documentation, and quality control expectations. You’ll support scheduled and preventative maintenance, repair coordination, and overall workshop readiness while partnering with internal teams and escalating more complex issues when needed.

Core Attributes

Advanced Automotive Repair Judgment: You bring strong technician-level experience in vehicle maintenance, diagnostics, and repair, and you know how to move issues through to resolution.

Diagnostic Discipline: You troubleshoot methodically, document findings clearly, and know when to escalate more complex concerns.

Quality Mindset: You inspect and test completed work carefully to help ensure vehicle safety, reliability, and compliance with work instructions.

Workshop Reliability: You take ownership of tools, parts, workspace condition, and the day-to-day standards that keep a service center running smoothly.

Operational Pace: You can manage multiple repair priorities in a fast-moving environment without losing quality or accuracy.

Safety Awareness: You work with discipline around PPE, service-center standards, and applicable operational regulations.

Team-Based Execution: You work well with internal teams and contribute to a strong service experience through communication, follow-through, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Perform high-quality repairs and inspections efficiently and accurately according to work instructions

• Document repairs, findings, and completed work in a specialized service platform

• Conduct multi-point inspections and system checks to support fleet safety and reliability

• Inspect and test completed work as a quality control measure as soon as jobs are completed

• Configure, set up, maintain, diagnose, and sign off on vehicles for safe on-road usage

• Travel locally from time to time to support vehicle setup, maintenance, diagnostics, and readiness activities

• Support scheduled and preventative maintenance, fleet reworks, and repair coordination

• Sync with the Shop Foreman to help keep vehicles in a ready state for testing and demonstration needs

• Perform diagnostics and escalate complex issues to the appropriate engineering team when needed

• Maintain service records and document quality field reports

• Assist with parts and tools inventory, storage, and organization

• Help maintain technician tools, shop equipment, and service-center workspaces in strong working condition

• Operate service-center equipment safely and productively while following PPE and floor safety standards

• Follow federal, state, and local regulations that affect service-center operations, including hazardous waste and OSHA-related guidelines

• Build an excellent service experience for internal teams and business partners

Qualifications for Success

Minimum Requirements:

• 4+ years of prior automotive technician experience

• Extensive knowledge of methods, techniques, parts, tools, and materials used in vehicle maintenance and repair

• Strong hands-on automotive maintenance, diagnostics, and repair experience

• Experience performing high-quality repairs and inspections in a structured service environment

• Valid driver’s license with a clean/excellent driving record

• Reliable, self-starter, roll-up-your-sleeves work style

• Ability to multi-task and manage multiple projects and deliverables

• Team-oriented approach and strong collaboration skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Honest, responsible, and accountable approach to work

• Ability to pass a background check, MVR check, and drug screen

• Ability to comply with the Substance Abuse Policy

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs and sit/stand for extended periods of time (8+ hours), depending on equipment type

• Forklift and/or gantry operation is required; our client will provide forklift operator training and certifications compliant with Cal/OSHA standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in an automotive-focused engineering or research lab, such as dyno or battery environments

• Knowledge of CAN, wiring diagrams, and soldering

• Technical trade school certificate or Associate Degree in automotive repair

Ability to travel locally and nationally on occasion

Compensation & Benefits

Expected pay: $46.00 - $50.00 per hour based on experience

Working Environment

Location: Foster City, CA

Work environment: In-person

Schedule: Full time; general day and evening shift coverage

Travel: Local travel from time to time; national travel on occasion if applicable

About Our Client

Our client operates in the autonomous mobility space and is hiring a Vehicle Technician to support fleet readiness. Based on the partner-provided role details, this work includes maintenance, repairs, fleet reworks, diagnostics, inspections, and workshop support for an autonomous ride-hailing program. The role also supports documentation, quality control, and day-to-day service-center operations. .

Our Commitment to You

Ami Arroyo Recruiting is a specialized recruiting partner focused on autonomous vehicles and physical AI. We support the operational ecosystem that makes this technology real—vehicle operations, safety, fleet and field teams, technicians and mechanics, learning and development, customer support, and the behind-the-scenes HR and operations roles that keep programs running. We connect talented people with high-impact work—and we keep the process human, clear, and candidate-centered.

Bring your repair and diagnostic expertise to a fleet role where your work helps keep advanced vehicles safe, reliable, and road-ready!

Equal Opportunity and Work Eligibility

We embrace diversity and are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to protected status. While we are not able to sponsor visas at this time, we welcome every candidate eligible to work in the United States to connect with us.