Field Systems Engineer — Robotics Deployment & Troubleshooting

TAR; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation bonus

Unlimited PTO

Health insurance

Meal stipend

Job summary

TAR builds its own construction robots and operates a San Francisco robotics facility where the Field Systems Engineer deploys, runs to spec, and diagnoses field issues for these robots in live deployments across remote sites. You’ll take problems from first symptom to root cause and feed systemic fixes back to design and manufacturing engineering.

Based in San Francisco with multi-week deployments at West Texas sites, you’ll work hands-on across mechanical, electrical, and software domains in

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• 3+ years in field engineering or similar with hardware, robotics or electromechanical systems.
• Strong ability to diagnose and resolve issues in the field under time pressure.

Responsibilities

• Deploy, set up, and commission TAR's robotic systems in the field to spec.
• Diagnose hardware, software, or integration faults on-site and escalate as needed.
• Perform root-cause analysis for field failures and feed fixes back to design.
• Create and maintain operating procedures, checklists, and docs for field work.
• Collaborate with design/manufacturing to drive product and process improvements.
• Lead the field rollout of new systems as the technical bridge to operators.
• Maintain field-ready tooling, spare parts, and test equipment to minimize downtime.

Skills

Field engineering

Technical documentation

Troubleshooting

Electromechanical systems

Robotics knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, or related engineering field

Equivalent hands-on experience

Tools

Basic scripting

Job description

TAR builds its own construction robots and operates a San Francisco robotics facility where the Field Systems Engineer deploys, runs to spec, and diagnoses field issues for these robots in live deployments across remote sites. You’ll take problems from first symptom to root cause and feed systemic fixes back to design and manufacturing engineering.

Based in San Francisco with multi-week deployments at West Texas sites, you’ll work hands-on across mechanical, electrical, and software domains in