Field Robotics Autonomy Engineer - On-site (Southeast)

Drobot Inc; Greenville (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + equity

Early-stage startup

Ownership and impact

Direct exposure to founding team

Job summary

Drobot Inc. in Greenville, SC is seeking a field robotics engineer to keep real robots running at customer sites in the Southeast.

You’ll debug autonomy issues on hardware and work directly with the CTO and development team to turn shop-floor observations into fixes and improvements. This role blends hands-on hardware work with software debugging, travel to customer sites, and collaboration with a small startup team.

Qualifications

• Working knowledge of ROS 2 and Linux.
• Understanding of localization and navigation basics (SLAM, sensor fusion, path planning).
• Comfortable with Python and/or C++.
• Hands-on with hardware, sensors and wiring at customer sites.
• Able to travel locally to customer sites (mostly within South Carolina).
• Valid US driver's license.

Responsibilities

• Set up, map and run our robots at customer sites in the Southeast.
• Debug localization, navigation and perception issues on the robot.
• Collect and analyse ROS bags and field data, and feed findings back to the team.
• Test and validate new software releases on hardware before they go to customers.
• Support customer demos and pilots, and be the on-site technical contact.
• Represent Drobot at customer demos and industry exhibitions.
• Help with robot builds, maintenance and hardware troubleshooting.

Skills

ROS 2

Linux

Localization

Navigation basics

Python

C++

Hardware hands-on

Willing to travel

Driver's license

Education

Bachelor's degree in Robotics/Mechanical/Electrical or related

Tools

Docker

Git

Nav2

Job description

Drobot Inc. in Greenville, SC is seeking a field robotics engineer to keep real robots running at customer sites in the Southeast.

You’ll debug autonomy issues on hardware and work directly with the CTO and development team to turn shop-floor observations into fixes and improvements. This role blends hands-on hardware work with software debugging, travel to customer sites, and collaboration with a small startup team.