Forward Deployed Robotics Engineer
Physical Intelligence · San Francisco
CHECKED 15H AGO
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At a glance
Highlights
- Act as first responder for a growing fleet of robots in warehouses and field sites.
- Triage static and mobile systems performing complex manipulation and sensing tasks.
- Surface fleet-wide reliability insights to drive design improvements and uptime.
Ideal candidate
A hands-on problem solver who thrives in fast-paced field operations and loves keeping real-world robots running. You enjoy diagnosing complex systems, collaborating across teams, and turning field patterns into lasting improvements.
Requirements
- B.S. in Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering or equivalent experience
- Minimum 2 years debugging systems with hardware and software issues and completing root cause investigations
- Proficiency debugging electromechanical systems including actuators, PCBs, cameras and wiring harnesses
- Experience with log parsing and basic scripting for diagnostics
- Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical and software interactions in robotic systems
- Excellent written and verbal communication for technical documentation and shift handoffs
- Experience supporting multi-robot fleets, warehouse automation or field robotics deployments preferred
Lab profile
About Physical Intelligence
Developing general-purpose AI foundation models to power robots for any physical task.
What they build
- General-purpose robot foundation models
- Learning algorithms for robot control
- Robotic systems and platforms
Known for
- Foundation model and system-building research
- Large-scale multimodal robot data operations
- Real-world fleet deployment and operations
- Prototype-to-production hardware engineering