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Systems Engineer, Robotics Hardware

FieldAI· Engineering – Hardware Engineering
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Irvine, CA$100k - $200kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Systems Engineer on the Field AI Hardware Team responsible for bringing new robot platforms online, integrating control systems, autonomy stack, and payloads, and ensuring safe, field-ready operation across multiple platform morphologies.

Responsibilities

  • Platform Abstraction: Build software abstraction layers between each robot's native control stack (ROS/ROS2) and our systems to enable payloads across platforms.
  • Robot Controls & Navigation: Ensure navigation and controls stacks run on physical hardware across quadruped, humanoid, and wheeled platforms.
  • Electro-Mechanical Integration: Design and integrate mechanical (saddles) and electrical (power distribution boards) interfaces.
  • Sim-to-Real: Validate and adapt RL-based autonomy policies from simulation to real-world performance on varied terrain.
  • Cross-Functional Integration: Coordinate across Autonomy/RL, Manipulation, Mechanical, and Electrical teams to bring new platforms online.
  • Testing & Validation: Use SIL/HIL testing to ensure safety, reliability, and field readiness; test safety features and operations across different Operational Design Domains (ODDs).
  • New Robots: Identify, procure, test, and integrate diverse new robotic systems.
  • Multi-Platform Support: Support multiple robot morphologies including legged, quadruped, biped/humanoid, and wheeled UGVs.
  • Safety Systems: Implement e-stop and redundant safety layers; contribute to functional safety standards (ISO 26262, ASIL).
  • Charging & Docking Infrastructure: Support charging stations and docking infrastructure for charging, data offload, and communications.
  • Field Deployment Logistics: Manage hands-on logistics of deploying new robot platforms in construction, mining, and oil & gas environments.

Qualifications

  • B.S., M.S., or Ph.D. in Robotics, Computer Science, or related field
  • 3-9 years of experience
  • Hands-on experience with middleware (ROS/ROS2) and computing languages (Python, C++)
  • Robotics Software Generalist with experience spanning controls, navigation, and systems integration across legged and wheeled platforms
  • Sim-to-Real experience: validating RL or autonomy policies from simulation on physical hardware
  • Cross-functional hardware knowledge: familiarity with motors, actuation, BLDC motor controllers, and power distribution or electrical systems
  • Communication protocols: CAN bus, EtherCAT, or similar real-time robotics protocols
  • Systems thinking across mechanical, electrical, controls, and autonomy domains to enable reliable hardware deployments

Skills

Required:Platform AbstractionRobot Controls & NavigationElectro-Mechanical IntegrationSim-to-Real ValidationCross-Functional Collaboration
Nice to have:SIL/HIL TestingSafety Systems & ISO 26262/ASIL

Benefits

  • Full benefits
  • Equity
  • Generous time off
Last updated Oct 22, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About FieldAI

Robot intelligence built for the real-world.

FieldAI is the leader in deploying general-purpose robots in unstructured environments, providing a universal brain that works across many robots, and many tasks.

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