AI-Driven IT Operations Lead for Robotics Lab

Mind Robotics; Iowa; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Mind Robotics is seeking its first dedicated IT hire to own and operate IT across on-site hardware labs, test floors, and compute environments. You will build scalable, AI-enabled IT workflows and ensure fast, reliable provisioning and support for engineers.

Responsibilities include managing identity and device endpoints, lab networking, and hardware provisioning, with hands-on work in Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows environments. On-site role in Iowa area.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of hands-on IT operations, systems administration, or IT engineering experience.
• AI & Agentic fluency: active user of AI coding tools and agents to accelerate development.
• Multi-OS troubleshooting across macOS, Windows, and Linux (Ubuntu).
• Networking fundamentals: configuring switches, subnets, VLANs, DNS/DHCP, VPN, and Wi‑Fi.
• AI & MCP integrations: deploying LLM agents or AI-native internal tools.
• Identity & MDM: administering Google Workspace and Okta; MDM platforms like Fleet, Jamf, Intune.
• Hands-on facility readiness: on-site hardware, racking, cabling, and lab setups.
• Robotics & ML: familiarity with robotics environments, ROS, or GPU/CUDA workstations.

Responsibilities

• Own internal IT & support: primary technical point of contact for the team.
• Build agentic automations & workflows to automate IT operations and onboarding.
• Manage identity, access, and endpoints; deploy MDM for zero-touch provisioning.
• Support robotics lab & compute infrastructure; maintain lab workstations.
• Design and maintain office & lab networking, VLANs, Wi‑Fi, switches, and circuits.
• Manage hardware procurement, inventory, and lab setup.

Skills

IT operations

Systems administration

Networking

Multi-OS support

Agentic workflows

VLAN networking

Tools

Google Workspace

Okta

Fleet

Jamf

Intune

Job description

Mind Robotics is seeking its first dedicated IT hire to own and operate IT across on-site hardware labs, test floors, and compute environments. You will build scalable, AI-enabled IT workflows and ensure fast, reliable provisioning and support for engineers.

Responsibilities include managing identity and device endpoints, lab networking, and hardware provisioning, with hands-on work in Ubuntu, macOS, and Windows environments. On-site role in Iowa area.