Associate Field Robotics Engineer

Slip Robotics; Norcross (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &amp

Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & PH

Stock Option Plan

Job summary

Slip Robotics is seeking a Reliability Engineer to own root cause analysis, develop RCAs, and drive a preventative maintenance program across the deployed fleet. You will collaborate with Field Maintenance and Engineering to validate procedures and capture failure data to inform future diagnostics.

The role requires hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting, strong technical writing, and the ability to travel up to 50% to customer sites in North America.

Qualifications

• 3–6 years in reliability engineering, sustaining engineering, field service engineering, or a related technical role with failure analysis.
• Structured RCA methods experience (8D, FMEA, Ishikawa, 5-Why).
• Hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting with bench-level validation.
• Ability to design and execute hypothesis-driven test plans.

Responsibilities

• Perform root cause analysis and failure investigations across deployed products.
• Lead RCA processes and document causal chains and corrective actions.
• Develop and deploy preventive maintenance programs for all products.
• Coordinate with Field Maintenance and Engineering to validate PM procedures and findings.
• Maintain a failure knowledge base and track reliability trends across the fleet.

Skills

Root Cause Analysis

RCA Documentation

Electromechanical Troubleshooting

Test Plan Design

Technical Writing

Field Travel

Tools

Jira

Zendesk

Confluence

Job description

Slip Robotics is a B2B Robotics-as-a-Service company deploying autonomous loading and unloading robots at warehouse and fulfillment sites across North America. Our customers include some of the largest shippers and 3PLs in the industry. We build the robots, we deploy them, and we keep them running — and we're scaling fast.

Responsibilities

• Root Cause Analysis & Failure Investigation
• Own fleet-wide root cause analysis for systemic failures across all deployed products Receive structured failure characterization from Diagnostic Engineers and conduct deeper analytical and hands-on investigation to identify true root cause
• Form and test hypotheses through bench-level and field validation; design test protocols and execute them directly or in coordination with Diagnostic Engineers and Field Maintenance
• Produce formal RCA reports that document failure evidence, causal chain, validated root cause, and corrective action recommendation — written to a standard that supports engineering review and corrective action tracking
• Drive RCA findings to verified closure in partnership with Quality; an RCA is not complete until the corrective action has been validated
• Distinguish systemic failure patterns from one-off incidents; escape confirmed systemic issues through the appropriate cross-functional channels
• Maintain the failure knowledge base for the deployed fleet: documented RCAs, failure modes, corrective actions, and trend data that inform both PM program development and future diagnostic work
• Preventative Maintenance Program
• Own the development and deployment of the preventative maintenance program for all deployed Slip Robotics products — defining schedules, procedures, and intervals across SlipBot and SlipLift ALRs, and establishing PM as a structured, repeatable function within Service Delivery
• Define PM schedules, procedures, task descriptions, and maintenance intervals for SlipBot and SlipLift ALRs based on field failure history, product knowledge, and reliability analysis
• Partner with Field Maintenance and Field Engineering to validate PM procedures in the field before full deployment; iterate based on technician feedback and observed outcomes
• Own the rollout and ongoing management of the PM program across all active customer sites; coordinate with Field Maintenance to ensure PM tasks are executed on schedule
• Track PM compliance across the fleet; identify and resolve gaps in execution in coordination with Field Maintenance management
• Update PM procedures as new failure modes are identified through RCA or field observation; the PM program is a living document, not a one-time deliverable
• Cross-Functional Reliability Execution
• Serve as the primary reliability partner to the Diagnostic Engineering team: provide guidance on complex failure characterization, review initial analyses, and identify when a ticket-level failure warrants fleet-level investigation
• Partner with Quality on RCA closure: co-own the corrective action validation process and ensure findings are formally documented and tracked to resolution
• Surface confirmed systemic findings to relevant stakeholders — Field Engineering Manager, Quality, and, where appropriate, Engineering and Manufacturing — with structured documentation, not informal observation
• Support the Field Engineering Manager in building the reliability infrastructure that Service Delivery owns: documentation standards, RCA templates, PM tracking systems, and escalation criteria
• Contribute to Diagnostic Engineer development: share failure knowledge, explain analytical methods, and help build diagnostic capability across the Field Engineering team

Requirements

• 3–6 years of experience in reliability engineering, sustaining engineering, field service engineering, or a closely related technical role with a strong failure analysis component
• Demonstrated experience conducting structured root cause analysis using formal methodologies (8D, FMEA, fishbone/Ishikawa, 5-Why, or equivalent); able to produce formal RCA documentation, not just informal findings
• Hands-on electromechanical troubleshooting experience — this role must understand the physical systems they are analyzing and be capable of performing bench-level validation independently
• Ability to form, design, and execute hypothesis-driven test plans; moves from observation to structured investigation without waiting for direction
• Strong technical writing skills: RCA reports, Preventative Maintenance procedures, and failure documentation must be clear, structured, and usable by both technical and non-technical audiences
• Comfortable operating without established processes; able to build structure where none exists
• Ability to travel up to 50%

Preferred

• Experience in robotics, industrial automation, warehouse automation, EV systems, or a hardware-as-a-service environment where assets are deployed and operated at customer sites
• Prior experience building or formalizing a preventative maintenance program — defining intervals, writing procedures, and deploying to a field team
• Familiarity with fleet monitoring tools, telemetry data, or operational dashboards used to identify failure trends across a distributed asset base
• Experience working in a reliability or sustaining function that was absorbed by an operations or field services team rather than supported by a dedicated engineering organization
• Proficiency with Jira, Zendesk, Confluence, or similar platforms used for ticket management and technical documentation

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Stock Option Plan

Slip Robotics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates on the merits of their experience and their fit for the role. We welcome applicants from every background.