Field-Ready Robotics Integration Engineer

Compound Eye; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ISO stock options

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Annual home office stipend

401(k) with employer match

Flexible PTO and holidays

Job summary

Compound Eye seeks a Robotics Integration Engineer to join our US team, reporting to the VP of Engineering. You will drive mechanical design, build prototypes, and integrate drive-by-wire and sensors into field-ready platforms for real-world testing.

You will own enclosures, mounts, cable harnesses, and power systems, while coordinating with vendors and field engineers to ensure robust, repeatable hardware deployments on diverse test ranges.

Qualifications

• Own mechanical design of enclosures, brackets, sensor mounts, camera bars, and vehicle/airframe interfaces.
• Build what you design: run printers, machine prototypes, and manage outside vendors.
• Design, build, and document cable harnesses end to end.
• Integrate electrical components: power distribution, DC-DC conversion, fusing, grounding, batteries.
• Install, wire, and maintain drive-by-wire systems on ground platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own mechanical design of enclosures, brackets, sensor mounts, camera bars, and vehicle/airframe interfaces in parametric CAD, designed for how parts actually get made.
• Build what you design: run our printers, machine and finish your own prototypes, and manage outside vendors for the rest.
• Design, build, and document cable harnesses end to end, from pinouts and connector selection through as-builts and spares.
• Integrate electrical components you didn’t design: power distribution, DC-DC conversion, fusing, grounding, batteries, and load budgets.
• Install, wire, and maintain drive-by-wire systems on our ground platforms, including CAN wiring, actuators, and E-stop and safety interlocks.
• Integrate and bring up motors, speed controllers, servos, and gimbals, and characterize them on the bench before they fly or drive.
• Take builds from parts to a documented, verified platform, and support field test campaigns and client demos with pre-trip readiness and on-site repair.
• Own procurement and vendor management for fasteners, stock, sheet metal, machining, connectors, and specialty suppliers.

Skills

Mechanical design

CAD development

Prototype machining

Electrical integration

Drive-by-wire systems

Cable harnesses

Vendor management

Field testing

Tools

3D printing

CNC milling

CAD software

Job description

Compound Eye seeks a Robotics Integration Engineer to join our US team, reporting to the VP of Engineering. You will drive mechanical design, build prototypes, and integrate drive-by-wire and sensors into field-ready platforms for real-world testing.

You will own enclosures, mounts, cable harnesses, and power systems, while coordinating with vendors and field engineers to ensure robust, repeatable hardware deployments on diverse test ranges.