Network Solutions Engineer

Medium; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

FieldAI in Irvine is seeking a Network Solution Engineer to own the connectivity backbone for robotics deployments. You will bring up field routers, optimize Wi-Fi and cellular coverage, and work with customer IT to admit robots onto private networks.

You will triage issues across software, hardware, and networking, build monitoring tools, and translate field learnings into playbooks to improve future deployments.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years in field deployment, systems integration, network operations, or IT/NOC.
• Strong networking fundamentals including Wi-Fi, cellular, routers, and IP networking.
• Comfortable with Linux/SSH; scripting in Python/Bash is a plus.
• Clear communicator with customers and site teams in high-stakes settings.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end connectivity for deployments: Wi-Fi, cellular, routers, and customer private networks.
• Bring up and test field routers; ensure robots stay mission-ready.
• Collaborate with customer IT on access-point placement, coverage, and channel adjustments.
• Triage connectivity issues across software, hardware, and networking layers; develop runbooks.

Job description

Overview

FieldAI’s Irvine team blends embodied AI with real robots, sensors, and field deployments. Based in Southern California, we build risk-aware, reliable, field-ready AI systems that solve challenging robotics problems and enable embodied intelligence. If you want work that ships, is tested on hardware, and improves through real deployments, Irvine is the place to contribute.

We are looking for a Network Solution Engineer to own the network backbone that keeps our robots online, mission-ready, and connected—from Wi-Fi and cellular to routers and customer private networks. You will bring up field routers, troubleshoot coverage and interference on-site, and partner with customer IT to get robots admitted onto their networks.

This role sits at the intersection of networking, field operations, and customer enablement. You will triage issues across software, hardware, and networking layers, build monitoring and tooling that surfaces connectivity health across the fleet, and translate field learnings into playbooks and product feedback to improve future deployments.

What You have To Do

Site Connectivity Deployment & Operations

• Own end-to-end connectivity for deployments — Wi-Fi, cellular, routers, and customer private networks.
• Bring up, configure, test, and recover field routers so robots come online and stay mission-ready.
• Partner with customer site IT on access-point placement and coverage — flag dead zones, interference, and weak spots, and advise on placement, channel, and antenna adjustments.
• Resolve connectivity failures in the field: poor coverage, weak or failing cellular/SIMs, access-point and backhaul issues, regulatory/DFS no-channels states, and roaming problems.

Network Reliability & Triage

• Root-cause field issues across software, hardware, and networking layers — using connectivity telemetry (signal, latency, packet loss) to attribute faults to network or application, and route to the right team to maintain uptime and mission success.
• Stand up and operate monitoring and diagnostics that surface connectivity health across the fleet.
• Gather and analyze field feedback, and partner with engineering to drive recurring fixes and automation into the tooling.

Customer & Site Enablement

• Bring robots onto customer private networks — supply the correct device MAC addresses for allowlisting and coordinate with customer IT to admit robots.
• Translate connectivity status into clear, actionable updates for operators, site teams, and customer IT.
• Serve as a trusted connectivity point of contact to accelerate deployment and keep sites running.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Be the voice of the field for connectivity, bringing site network insights back to engineering and product.
• Collaborate across software, hardware, and platform teams to keep robots connected.
• Build scalable connectivity playbooks and runbooks for future rollouts.

What You Have

• Strong networking fundamentals — Wi-Fi (bands, channels, DFS, roaming), cellular (LTE/5G, APN, SIM provisioning), routers and access points, subnets/VLANs, DHCP, DNS, NAT, and MAC addressing/allowlisting.
• Practical Wi-Fi coverage sense — able to spot dead zones and interference and understand how AP placement, channels, and antennas affect coverage and roaming.
• 2–3 years in field deployment, systems integration, network operations, or IT/NOC; field robotics a plus.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging across software, hardware, and networking layers, with the judgment to know where a problem lives.
• Comfortable on Linux and in a terminal/SSH; scripting (Python/Bash) to automate tooling is a plus.
• Clear communicator who works directly with customers and IT in high-stakes settings and translates technical issues for non-technical audiences.
• Self-starter who thrives in ambiguous, rapidly changing field environments.
• Willingness to travel and work on-site with customers as needed.

The Extras That Set You Apart

• Comfort reading network and fleet telemetry — dashboards and logs — to diagnose issues (specific tools are easily picked up on the job).
• A track record deploying, operating, or maintaining mission-critical systems in real-world environments.

$115,000 - $135,000 a year

Our salary range is generous and we consider each individual's background and experience when determining final compensation. Base pay may vary based on role scope, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the Irvine, California market.

Why Join FieldAI in Irvine?

In Irvine, you will work where the robots are. Our local team builds and tests systems on real hardware with real sensors, then ships them to operate in unstructured environments around the world. We are solving one of robotics’ hardest challenges: reliable deployment outside the lab. Our Field Foundational Models™ raise the bar for perception, planning, localization, and manipulation, with an emphasis on explainability and safety for real-world use.

You will collaborate with a world-class team that thrives on creativity, resilience, and bold thinking. We bring deep experience from organizations such as DeepMind, NASA JPL, Boston Dynamics, NVIDIA, Amazon, Tesla Autopilot, Cruise, Zoox, Toyota Research Institute, and SpaceX, along with a track record of field deployments and strong performance in DARPA challenge segments.

Be Part of the Next Robotics Revolution

We are looking for builders who want their work to leave the whiteboard and show up on robots. If you enjoy tackling tough, uncharted questions and working across disciplines, you will find your people here. Our teams span AI, software, robotics engineering, product, field deployment, and technical communication, all focused on shipping systems that perform in the real world.

Our headquarters is in Irvine, and we partner closely with teams there as well as colleagues across the US and around the world. Join us in Southern California and help define what dependable, field-ready autonomy looks like.

We value diverse perspectives and are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace. We evaluate candidates and employees based on merit, qualifications, and performance, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or any other legally protected status.