Field Robotics Autonomy Engineer – Triage

FieldAI; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI in Irvine is seeking a Robotics Autonomy Engineer – Triage to quickly bridge field observations with our autonomy stack. You will reproduce field behaviors from logs and telemetry, diagnose root causes across perception, localization, planning, and control, and ship targeted fixes with regression tests and hardware-in-the-loop validation.

You’ll collaborate with a world-class team to move from research to real deployments, test in hardware, and help ensure reliable field-ready autonomy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering or related field.
• 2+ years of experience with real autonomous systems.
• Strong debugging skills across the full autonomy stack, from sensors to planning and control.
• Solid programming skills in C++ and Python in Linux-based environments.
• Familiarity with ROS/ROS 2.
• Experience analyzing logs, telemetry, and recorded robot data.
• Comfort working quickly with incomplete information, and communicating clearly with engineers and field teams.

Responsibilities

• Triage incoming reports from field deployments and customer sites, assess impact, and decide what gets fixed now, what gets routed, and what gets tracked.
• Reproduce field behaviors from logs, telemetry, and recordings, both in simulation and on hardware.
• Root cause behaviors that span perception, localization, planning, control, and integration boundaries, and ship targeted fixes quickly.
• Turn every fix into a regression test, scenario, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) check so the improvement holds.
• Build triage tooling for log analysis, event detection, and trend tracking across robots and sites.
• Run structured test campaigns before releases and help decide when a build is ready for the field.
• Share clear findings and summaries with owning teams, and champion design improvements when patterns emerge.
• Travel occasionally to deployment sites to see robots operate firsthand and support field teams

Skills

C++

Python

Linux

ROS/ROS 2

Debugging

Logs analysis

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Robotics, Computer Science, Engineering

Job description

FieldAI in Irvine is seeking a Robotics Autonomy Engineer – Triage to quickly bridge field observations with our autonomy stack. You will reproduce field behaviors from logs and telemetry, diagnose root causes across perception, localization, planning, and control, and ship targeted fixes with regression tests and hardware-in-the-loop validation.

You’ll collaborate with a world-class team to move from research to real deployments, test in hardware, and help ensure reliable field-ready autonomy