Field AI
Robotics Autonomy Engineer, Triage
$100K–$200K
Irvine, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 5, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years working on real autonomous systems in industry or research.
- Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Triage field issues in autonomous robots, reproduce and diagnose behaviors, deliver fixes and regression tests, and support release validation.
What you'll do
- Assess deployment reports, reproduce issues from robot data, find root causes, and ship fixes.
- Create regression tests and triage tools; run release test campaigns and help assess field readiness.
- Communicate findings to engineering and field teams, and occasionally travel to deployment sites.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- 2+ years of experience working on real autonomous systems in industry or research.
- Strong debugging skills across the autonomy stack and experience analyzing robot logs, telemetry, and recordings.
- C++ and Python programming in Linux-based environments; familiarity with ROS/ROS 2.
Nice to have
- Experience with release testing, simulation-based regression, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
- Experience with robot-data pipelines, incident management, continuous integration, or deployed robot platforms.
Pay
USD 100,000–200,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
C++, Python, Linux, ROS/ROS 2
AI focus
Works on improving field-ready embodied AI and robotic autonomy by diagnosing and fixing issues across perception, localization, planning, and control.
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