Field-Ready Robotics Systems Engineer

Lever, Inc.; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Field AI Irvine builds embodied AI systems that run on real robots and sensors, bringing field deployments from development to production. You will join a team translating research into reliable, field-ready robotics software and hardware integration.

We seek engineers with strong C++/Python skills, Linux systems know-how, and hands-on experience with ROS/ROS 2, capable of debugging across software and hardware boundaries to deliver robust, testable robotic platforms in real-world environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS, Robotics, EE, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years in robotics, systems software, embedded systems, or related engineering role.
• Strong software skills in C++ and/or Python.
• Strong understanding of Linux systems, networking, processes, devices, and system configuration.
• Hands-on experience developing, integrating, or debugging robotic, embedded, or other hardware–software systems.
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS 2 or similar robotics middleware.
• Ability to debug complex problems across software and hardware boundaries and drive them through resolution.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the systems software that powers Field AI's robotic platforms.
• Bring up and integrate onboard compute, sensors, networking, and supporting hardware across different robot platforms.
• Develop tooling and services for robot provisioning, configuration, deployment, monitoring, diagnostics, and recovery.
• Integrate hardware interfaces, device drivers, vendor SDKs, and system services into a reliable robot runtime.
• Debug complex system-level issues spanning software, operating systems, networking, compute, sensors, and hardware.
• Improve robot reliability through automated testing, observability, health monitoring, and fault recovery.
• Collaborate with robotics, autonomy, hardware, infrastructure, and deployment teams to bring new platforms from development to field deployment.

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

ROS/ROS 2

Hardware debugging

Robotics experience

Embedded systems

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Robotics/EE

Job description

Field AI Irvine builds embodied AI systems that run on real robots and sensors, bringing field deployments from development to production. You will join a team translating research into reliable, field-ready robotics software and hardware integration.

We seek engineers with strong C++/Python skills, Linux systems know-how, and hands-on experience with ROS/ROS 2, capable of debugging across software and hardware boundaries to deliver robust, testable robotic platforms in real-world environments.